Every purchase you make with a card has a swipe fee baked in. These fees alone make billions for big banks and card companies. We...
15 independent business associations called on President Biden to appoint leaders who will fully employ FTC and DOJ powers to key positions overseeing antitrust policy.
On this episode of Building Local Power, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by John Farrell, ILSR Co-Director, and Ron Knox, Senior Researcher with ILSR’s...
Alvaro Bedoya brings expertise in how food, pharmacy, and tech monopolies are harming Americans and harming the resiliency of our economy and democracy.
Stacy Mitchell's barnburner keynote address at the National Rural Grocery Summit detailed how monopolistic corporations are harming small businesses and farmers.
Seth Handy explains how utilities have, through loopholes in federal guidance and friends on public regulatory bodies, protected their own interests at the expense of...
Independent pharmacies could flourish, helping solve the growing problem of healthcare deserts — if only policymakers would stand up to big players in the drug...
"Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing," says ILSR's Ron Knox.
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.
A broad coalition has coalesced in Puerto Rico to block an attempt by Wal-Mart to buy Supermercados Amigo, the island’s largest supermarket chain. The deal...
On the latest episode of the Building Local Power podcast, Stacy Mitchell talks about the Amazon-Whole Foods deal, how it fits into the company’s long-term strategy, and why...
In 203 markets, Walmart controls 50% or more of the grocery market. No other corporation has ever amassed this much control over the food system.
ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell and Ron Knox discuss the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee’s recent hearing on monopoly power in online platforms, which featured testimony from the...
Host Jess Del Fiacco and ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell are joined by Solana Rice and Jeremie Greer of Liberation in a Generation. They discuss their...
After decades of a misguided approach to antitrust policy, Washington has a new antimonopoly fervor, writes Senior Researcher Ron Knox.