Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya gave keynotes at the forum, which featured people on the frontlines fighting for antimonopoly reform.
On this episode of Building Local Power, three members of ILSR’s Independent Business team, Lauren Gellatly, Katy Milani, and Kennedy Smith, answer: What challenges are...
This draft heralds an overdue end to the dangerous, destructive approach of the last four decades, Stacy Mitchell, ILSR Co-Executive Director, says in the statement.
ILSR submitted an in-depth comment letter applauding the FTC and DOJ for the significant changes contained in the agencies’ Draft Merger Guidelines and suggesting ways...
Ron Knox explains the rise of trustbusting at the state level in the face of federal regulatory chaos.
Stacy Mitchell and Susan R. Holmberg argue that the left should embrace small business again; it is crucial to reversing inequality and rescuing democracy.
Bill of Rights vs. Concentrated Power by David Morris Institute for Local Self-Reliance March 2, 1999 – published in St. Paul Pioneer Press One of...
Local vs. Absentee Ownership by David Morris March 25, 1997 – published in St. Paul Pioneer Press This month two enterprises died in our community...
Who Controls the Air Waves? by David Morris October 22, 1996 Who should control the air waves? That’s the kind of question I would have...
“Every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic – act,” Pope Francis announced early...
There’s a small group of powerful companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, that increasingly controls the prices of prescription drugs. The results of this...
Host Chris Mitchell is joined by ILSR Co-Directors Stacy Mitchell and John Farrell for a conversation on various anti-competitive corporate actions and state policies that...
Senior Researcher Ron Knox and Roosevelt Institute co-author Andrea Flynn explain how monopoly power is impacting Americans' hospitals' ability to fight the COVID-19 crisis.
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.
FTC and DOJ's announced new merger guidelines set the stage for a new era in antitrust regulation, restoring competition and building local power.