Graying of the Fleet
A fisherman explains how corporations are displacing independent fisherfolk… Read More
A Country with No Farmers
“The Onion Man” gives a first-hand account of what is driving farmers to extinction… Read More
Germany’s National Broadcaster Features Stacy Mitchell, as Scrutiny of Amazon’s Power Grows
In May, Germany’s national public television network, ARD, broadcast a new documentary, “Is Amazon a Monopoly?” which featured an interview with Stacy Mitchell. The documentary drew a prime-time audience of more than 3 million viewers.… Read More
In The Forge: We Need a Popular Front to Overthrow Corporate Rule. Small Businesses Are Key.
In The Forge Stacy Mitchell argues that we are in unprecedented moment to organize a broad popular front of small businesses and working people to change the course of corporate concentration. … Read More
Report: Walmart’s Monopolization of Local Grocery Markets
In 43 metropolitan areas and 160 smaller markets, Walmart controls 50 percent or more of the local grocery market. No other corporation in history has ever amassed this degree of control over the U.S. food system. Our findings provide a stark illustration of the failings of contemporary antitrust policy.… Read More
Australian National Radio Talks With Stacy Mitchell about America’s Anti-Monopoly History and Big Tech
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio news program Rear Vision for an episode on monopoly power in America.… Read More
Stacy Mitchell in The Atlantic: Democrats Were Once Small Business Champions
In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell focuses on the Democrats’ forgotten role as small business champions, and on Elizabeth Warren’s reclaiming of the monopoly trustbusting tradition.… Read More
Share of Deposits by Size of Institution, 1994 to 2018
The share of U.S. deposits held by the largest financial institutions has exploded from 8 percent in 1994 to 52 percent in 2018, as these three charts show.… Read More
Number of Banks in the U.S., 1966-2017 (Graph)
The total number of commercial banks in the U.S. began a period of dramatic decline in the late 1980s and early 90s. … Read More