Ron Knox explains how the beer industry is in the midst of an unprecedented economic shift, with consolidation and monopoly power threatening local breweries.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance joined over 200 organizations this week in asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate abuses by electric utilities to protect...
A new report endorsed by state legislators highlights the urgency of the 21st Century Antitrust Act for New York small businesses.
Rampant market power abuse is endangering the economic dynamism that New York small businesses generate. State lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field.
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast from the Building Local Power Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Michael Murray discuss...
A new survey finds that the top three issues that concern small businesses all have to do with unchecked market power by dominant corporations.
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.
Stacy Mitchell argues we're in an unprecedented moment to organize a popular front of small businesses and workers to change the course of corporate concentration.
ILSR's statement argues that Amazon’s attempt to obstruct Congress only further underscores the need for legislation to rein in Big Tech's outsized power.
In the 1970s, several Supreme Court cases upended U.S. antitrust laws. This issue brief argues that Congress must take action to undo these decisions.
In February 2022, ILSR filed comments to FERC on utility rate recovery and industry association dues. These comments argue that monopoly utilities must prove they...
We wrote a letter in response to Melinda Cooper’s arguments in Dissent Magazine linking Trumpism with small business owners.
In this virtual event, key leaders and advocates, including Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and White House Advisor Tim Wu, discuss the importance of small businesses.
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell's statement on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act passing out of the Senate.