“The outsized power of big retailers is damaging the entire food system,” said Stacy Mitchell, co-executive director at ILSR.
A major shift is afoot in the federal government’s stance on big business. The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission’s draft merger guidelines represent...
On the local NPR affiliate, Stacy explains how dollar stores prey on communities. … Read More
Stacy Mitchell explains on Pitchfork Economics how for the last forty years, merging companies have convinced regulatory agencies that their merger will be better for...
Stacy Mitchell joined Teddy Downey on the Capitol Forum’s podcast to discuss ILSR’s new Amazon’s Toll Road report, which finds that Amazon is exploiting its...
ILSR research cited in The New York Times. … Read More
ILSR’s research into Amazon is featured in Vox. … Read More
On The Laura Flanders Show, ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell discusses the legacy of this year’s election, takeaways from the preliminary results, and the work that...
On the “Who Is?” podcast, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell explains how Jeff Bezos built Amazon into the empire it is today by exploiting fractures in economic...
In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell explains why Congress must reign in the monopoly power of these companies in order to restore balance to both our economy and...
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell was interviewed on Canadian national radio program The Sunday Edition.… Read More
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell was profiled in the New York Times for her analysis of Amazon’s monopoly and work to build a broad coalition to...
On National Public Radio’s 1A, ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell talked about how the pandemic crisis is impacting small businesses and why the federal government’s current...
FRONTLINE has drawn on ILSR’s research and interviews with co-director Stacy Mitchell to create a powerful documentary on the reign of Amazon.… Read More
The Athena coalition launched today as the first national coalition organized to fight Amazon’s growing grip over our economy. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is...
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