How Corporate Consolidation Broke America’s Grocery System
ILSR's brief explains how corporate consolidation fueled high food prices, and the critical role independent grocers play in building resilient local food systems.
ILSR's brief explains how corporate consolidation fueled high food prices, and the critical role independent grocers play in building resilient local food systems.
ILSR's virtual briefing on Amazon’s growing capture of your local public dollars — and what you can do about it.
ILSR's fact sheet outlines ways your state can use policy to target monopolies that harm small businesses, communities, and consumers
Ron Knox explores the growing movement of localized anger at corporate power, and how it can offer "a light out of the darkness."
Analysis reveals Amazon's contracts undermine procurement safeguards while independent suppliers offer better prices, service, and transparency.
Amazon has quietly captured a growing share of government purchasing. This major report explains how, and what to do about it.
Non-compete clauses prevent workers from changing jobs within an industry or starting their own competing firm. Banning non-competes would spur job creation and economic growth.
ILSR and 15 Small Business Rising partners co-hosted a briefing exposing predatory tactics used by large corporations to bully suppliers into providing illegal pricing deals.
In Inequality, Ron Knox analyzes the recent settlement in FTC's "Dark Patterns" case against Amazon.
ILSR and allies intervened in an antitrust lawsuit to ensure that the Robinson-Patman Act can continue to be used to prevent retail discrimination and unfairness.
An ILSR event with independent business associations exploring how your business can stand up to big corporate power and level the playing field.
Ron Knox’s advocacy and analysis have helped allies push California towards crucial reforms to its antitrust law, the Cartwright Act.
In The American Prospect, Ron Knox outlines some recent local wins against corporate monopolies like Live Nation and Amazon.
Ron Knox testified in support of a proposed bill that would strictly prohibit corporations from using monopoly power to abuse workers, small businesses and consumers.
ILSR hosted a congressional briefing featuring antitrust experts, small business owners, and lawmakers to hear about unfair corporate pricing practices that are squeezing small businesses.