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CNN Investigates Amazon in New Documentary Feat. ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell
In a new CNN documentary titled “The Age of Amazon,” ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell offers crucial perspective on Amazon’s monopoly power and control over the digital infrastructure of the economy.… Read More
Is Congress Starting to Take Antitrust Seriously? (Episode 79)
Host Zach Freed is joined by ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell to discuss the team’s most recent efforts in fighting monopolies.… Read More
New Survey: Independent Businesses See Major Threats in Amazon, Corporate Concentration
ILSR’s Independent Business Survey offers insight and guidance to elected officials looking to build a more equitable, entrepreneurial, competitive, and dynamic economy.… Read More
ILSR’s Zach Freed Appears on San Francisco’s KALW to Discuss Amazon’s Warehouse Conditions and Market Power
ILSR Researcher Zach Freed was featured on “Your Call,” a program of KALW, a San Francisco NPR affiliate, to discuss Amazon’s warehouse and labor practices.… Read More
Amazon Faces Sharp Questions about Its Market Power before House Judiciary Committee; ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell Testifies
On Tuesday, July 16, Stacy Mitchell will testify on Amazon’s market power before the House Judiciary Committee for a hearing on the monopoly power of big tech platforms.… Read More
Independent Musicians and the Anti-Monopoly Movement (Episode 76)
Host Zach Freed is joined by Kevin Erickson, Director of the Future of Music Coalition, to talk about the music industry’s role in the growing anti-monopoly movement. … Read More
Dollar Store Restriction — Mesquite, Texas
Passing a city-wide ordinance in July 2018, the City of Mesquite, Texas, has made dollar stores a “conditional use,” which means they must undergo a review and receive a special permit to open. This requirement is in addition to a dispersal rule. … Read More
Dollar Store Restriction — Kansas City, Kan.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas City’s regional planning commission, passed an original dollar store dispersal policy prompted by community concerns about the growth of chain discount stores and lack of access to healthy food in 2016, and subsequently passed an updated ordinance in February 2019.… Read More
Dollar Store Restriction — Tulsa, Okla.
In April 2018, the City of Tulsa, Okla., passed an ordinance that limits new dollar stores and encourages full-service grocery stores in area of the city known as north Tulsa. Since its passage, the Tulsa policy has become a national example and motivated other communities to consider and pass similar policies.… Read More
New Report: Walmart’s Monopolization of Local Grocery Markets
In 43 metropolitan areas and 160 smaller markets, Walmart controls 50 percent or more of the local grocery market. No other corporation in history has ever amassed this degree of control over the U.S. food system. Our findings provide a stark illustration of the failings of contemporary antitrust policy.… Read More
Australian National Radio Talks With Stacy Mitchell about America’s Anti-Monopoly History and Big Tech
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio news program Rear Vision for an episode on monopoly power in America.… Read More
Statement on House Antitrust Investigation into Big Tech
In response to the House Judiciary Committee’s announcement that it will begin a study of the impact of dominant technology platforms, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance released the following statement.… Read More
Stacy Mitchell in The Atlantic: Elizabeth Warren Has a Theory About Corporate Power
In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell focuses on the Democrats’ forgotten role as small business champions, and on Elizabeth Warren’s reclaiming of the monopoly trustbusting tradition.… Read More
Number of New Banks Created by Year, 1993 to 2018
The number of community banks has declined sharply in the last decade. Most of the decline is owed to the fact that virtually no new banks have been created since 2009. Why the sudden absence of new banks?… Read More
Small Business Lending by Size of Institution, 2018
In 2018, community-based financial institutions made 52 percent of all small business loans, even though they controlled only 16 percent of banking assets.… Read More