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In The Nation: How Amazon Used the Pandemic to Amass More Monopoly Power
Amazon has a long history of using its monopoly power to squeeze its workers and the small businesses that depend on its platform. Now, under the strains of Covid-19, Amazon has begun to turn its quest for dominance against its own customers.… Read More
In The American Prospect, America’s Private Government
In The American Prospect, ILSR Legal Fellow Shaoul Sussman and Zephyr Teachout explain how Amazon’s new patent solidifies the company’s aims to consolidate its power over sellers.… Read More
Canadian National Radio: Why It’s Crucial to Wrest Power From Corporations like Amazon
Stacy Mitchell talks to Canadian national radio about how to understand Amazon’s structural power and its consequences, and about the growing momentum in Congress to do something.… Read More
Biting Back: Delivery Apps are Gobbling Up Restaurant Revenues, and Cities Have Had Enough
Wall Street-funded delivery services are taking a huge bite out of restaurants’ meager revenues. Restaurant owners are desperate and furious — and cities are pushing back.… Read More
How Cities and States Are Stepping up to Help Small Businesses in Crisis (Episode 101)
Host Jess Del Fiacco talks with Kennedy Smith, Senior Researcher with ILSR’s Independent Business initiative, about efforts at the state and local level to support small businesses affected by the pandemic.… Read More
Our Big List of Covid-19 Assistance Programs
We are building an ongoing list of grant and loan programs that can help small, locally owned businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read More
ILSR Submits Recommendations for Antitrust Reform to Congressional Committee
Stacy Mitchell provides the House Judiciary Committee with recommendations for future antitrust legislation. … Read More
In Wired: Can it. Amazon is Not Your Typical Grocery Store
ILSR Legal Fellow Shaoul Sussman and co-author Hal Singer discredit the idea that all businesses behave like Amazon.… Read More
In the American Prospect: Monopolies in Meat
ILSR Senior Researcher Ron Knox explains how a regulatory system that is supposed to protect the food supply has instead led to giant slaughterhouses rampant with Covid-19. … Read More
Stacy Mitchell Explains How Amazon’s Dominance is More Visible During a Pandemic
Nilay Patel, host of the Vergecast, interviewed Co-Director Stacy Mitchell on the pandemic’s disruptions to our supply chains, the importance of competition, and the growing movement to regulate Amazon.… Read More
Small Businesses Wait for Help While Amazon Profits From Pandemic (Episode 99)
Chris, John, Stacy, and Jess discuss the bumpy rollout of federal relief funding for America’s small businesses, which are facing an unprecedented crisis in the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read More
Report: Fewer Small Businesses are Receiving Federal Relief Loans in States Dominated by Big Banks
A significantly larger number of federal relief loans are reaching small businesses in states where small, local banks comprise a greater share of the market, compared to states where big banks are more dominant, an ILSR analysis has found. … Read More
Stacy Mitchell is Profiled in the New York Times
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell was profiled in the New York Times. … Read More
ILSR & Allies Urge Congress to Act on Small Business Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses shuttered by COVID-19 are at risk of closing for good in the coming weeks. To protect Main Street jobs, workers, and businesses while they hibernate and adapt to save lives during the pandemic, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has joined a range of allies in demanding a federal small business aid program that meets this moment.… Read More
Share our Infographic on How To Help Local Businesses Weather Covid-19
Print this and post it around town, and share it on social media. We can all do our part to help support small businesses weather the Covid-19 pandemic.… Read More