Statement from Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, regarding Jeff Bezos’ testimony before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. … Read More
In this report, we find that Amazon is exploiting its gatekeeper power to impose ever-larger fees on third-party sellers. … Read More
Amazon has a long history of using its monopoly power to squeeze its workers and the small businesses that depend on its platform. Now, under...
In The American Prospect, ILSR Legal Fellow Shaoul Sussman and Zephyr Teachout explain how Amazon’s new patent solidifies the company’s aims to consolidate its power...
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell released the following statement in response to the news that the European Union will file antitrust charges against Amazon, regarding the...
Stacy Mitchell talks to Canadian national radio about how to understand Amazon’s structural power and its consequences, and about the growing momentum in Congress to...
Stacy Mitchell provides the House Judiciary Committee with recommendations for future antitrust legislation. … Read More
ILSR Legal Fellow Shaoul Sussman and co-author Hal Singer discredit the idea that all businesses behave like Amazon.… Read More
ILSR Senior Researcher Ron Knox explains how a regulatory system that is supposed to protect the food supply has instead led to giant slaughterhouses rampant...
Nilay Patel, host of the Vergecast, interviewed Co-Director Stacy Mitchell on the pandemic’s disruptions to our supply chains, the importance of competition, and the growing...
Many people assume that local pharmacies are declining because they can’t compete. In fact, research by Consumer Reports and others has found that independent pharmacies...
In a new piece for the University of Chicago Stigler Center’s blog, ProMarket, ILSR’s co-director Stacy Mitchell, and legal fellow Shaoul Sussman, describe how Amazon...
Independent pharmacies could flourish and multiply, helping to solve the growing problem of healthcare deserts — if only policymakers would stand up to the big...
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell testified on Amazon’s market power before the House Judiciary Committee as part of its antitrust investigation into dominant digital platforms.
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...