Ron Knox writes in The American Prospect about how decades of unchecked mergers has killed jobs, suppressed wages, and smothered independent businesses. But there's hope.
ILSR welcomes the legislation introduced today by Senator Warren and Representative Jones, as a long-overdue step toward a more equitable and dynamic economy.
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...
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....
On this episode of Building Local Power, Rakeen Mabud the Chief Economist at Groundwork Collaborative and Ron Knox, Senior Researcher and Writer at the Institute...
The three members from ILSR’s energy team engage in a riveting conversation on the biggest energy stories from 2022, including the Inflation Reduction Act’s big...
Our 2022 annual report highlights the work we’ve done — through on-the-ground technical assistance, in-depth research and analysis, and coalition building with grassroots organizations —...
A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis.
“The Onion Man” gives a first-hand account of what is driving farmers to extinction… Read More
A recap of our "How to Get Away With Merger" season featuring local initiatives that resist profit-driven mergers by mobilizing communities and building robust economies.
On occasion, governments at the local, state and federal level make purchasing policies that take factors besides price into consideration. For instance, some state and...
Michael Murray explains the many capabilities of smart meters, his critique of a Rhode Island utility proposal to expand advanced metering, and how state and...
In the Project Syndicate, Stacy Mitchell and Ron Knox write how the FTC's merger guidelines, if adopted, would stop corporate consolidation and preserve US democracy.
Stacy Mitchell's rousing address to the 2024 Bioneers Conference arguing that the growing antimonopoly movement is our best hope at outrunning the forces of authoritarianism.
The public is in the dark about how exactly Amazon makes its profit. Stacy Mitchell talked to Wisconsin Public Radio about how Amazon has kept...