A conversation about AI policy, emergent systems, distributed knowledge, and why the things that are easiest to measure “might not be the right things to...
BEAD delays, LEO satellites, permitting, affordability, and why mobile networks may be getting worse
A conversation about digital equity, dark money, and the fight over Internet access
Rhode Island passes landmark law to end grocery store real estate restrictions.
Amazon is destroying competition and market diversity, leaving us with fewer choices, less innovation, and diminished opportunities.
In this episode, John Farrell, the director of ILSR’s Energy Democracy initiative, interviews Christopher Mitchell (our usual podcast host) and Lisa Gonzalez of our Community...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Jean Su discuss a landmark court ruling's implications for antitrust enforcement...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed suit against Amazon for monopolizing e-commerce in violation of U.S. antitrust laws. This explainer looks at why the...
Host Jess Del Fiacco talks with ILSR’s John Farrell and Chris Mitchell about the power outages in California and how a distributed energy system could...
In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, an interview from ILSR’s Building Local Power podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Scott Hempling about...
ILSR's Ron Knox joins us to revisit a 2019 BLP episode on independent musicians in the wake of the DOJ lawsuit against Live Nation.
Host Stacy Mitchell talks with Harry First about how competition policy has become captured by technocratic lawyers and economists, and strayed from its roots as...
Listen to highlights from a recent ILSR event called “The Progressive Fight for Small Business” featuring Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and White House Advisor Tim Wu....
These plug-in devices bypass utility hassles to offer cheap, convenient power for everyone.
ILSR's virtual event spotlights how pricing algorithms deployed by powerful corporations are inflating prices, undermining competition, and threatening independent businesses and communities.