Policy Playbook — A Guide to Taking Action in Your Community
Use this guide to find practical ideas and policy solutions for making your community a stronger, more supportive place for independent businesses.
Check back often — we’re continually adding new tools to level the playing field, curb corporate dominance, and help locally owned businesses thrive.
What is the Policy Playbook?
Local businesses are essential to healthy, resilient communities. But over the last 40 years, policy decisions have favored large corporations — leading to massive corporate consolidation, the decline of independent businesses, and a loss of local agency. We created this guide to help more people get involved in rebuilding local power. Inside, you’ll find practical tools and policy ideas to help your community level the playing field and support locally owned businesses.
How New Federal Antimerger Guidelines Can Roll Back Corporate Concentration and Build Local Power
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice announced plans to revise their merger guidelines, setting the stage for a new...
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