Stacy Mitchell is Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Her work focuses on dismantling concentrated corporate power and building thriving communities and a...
ILSR surveyed 908 U.S. small, independent businesses about the challenges they face and the policies they believe would improve their survival and success.
When we surveyed over 900 U.S. small, independent businesses, 94 reported being third-party sellers on Amazon’s Marketplace. This is a snapshot of their responses.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following statement on the conviction of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin.… Read More
Here are the ten short-and-sweet reasons why supporting independent businesses is critical to the well-being of our communities and our economy.
The lack of charges in Breonna Taylor’s killing is yet another dispiriting — and infuriating — reminder of the profound inequalities that plague America’s justice...
We are devastated by the racist treatment and senseless killing of George Floyd. Along with our neighbors in Minneapolis, we mourn his tragic death, and...
It’s been a tremendous year for ILSR and for our work fighting corporate control and building local power across the economy. Our 2019 Annual Report...
ILSR's Independent Business Survey offers insight and guidance to elected officials looking to build a more equitable, entrepreneurial, competitive, and dynamic economy.
Credit card lending has seen major growth for banks in the past decades. Giant banks dominate credit card lending today, with a 65 percent share.…...
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...
The share of U.S. deposits held by the largest financial institutions has exploded from 8 percent in 1994 to 52 percent in 2018, as these...
The total number of commercial banks in the U.S. began a period of dramatic decline in the late 1980s and early 90s. … Read More
As these six graphs show, bank market share has changed dramatically between 1994 and 2018 as giant banks have come to dominate the banking sector.…...
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