20 Aug 2020

Can the People Take Power Back From Big Tech? (Episode 107)

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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 CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google. The hearing was part of an in-depth, year-long investigation of anti-competitive behavior in these companies — the first time in more than 40 years that Congress has conducted a detailed investigation of monopoly power. … Read More
12 Jul 2018

Amazon’s New Path to Monopoly Is Through Your Local Government (Episode 50)

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On ILSR’s Building Local Power podcast, Stacy Mitchell and Olivia LaVecchia discuss their new report on Amazon’s push into government procurement. “We’ve found that this contract is yet another tool for Amazon to suppress competition, and is a particularly pernicious way to use local governments to facilitate their market power.”… Read More