In Civil Eats: Pacific Seafood Controls the Dungeness Crab Market, but Small Crabbers Are Fighting Back
Small fishermen in the Pacific Northwest are taking a stand against Pacific Seafood, the dominant West Coast crab processor, alleging that the corporation is exploiting...
In the Antitrust Chronicle: Ending Monopolization Via Mergers
Ron Knox writes in Competition Policy International that in order to foster a more democratic economy we must strengthen merger guidelines and enforce anti-merger laws,...
On Pitchfork Economics: Why We Can’t Let Kroger Buy Albertsons
Stacy Mitchell explains on Pitchfork Economics how for the last forty years, merging companies have convinced regulatory agencies that their merger will be better for...
Statement: Stacy Mitchell Comments on Amazon’s Announcement to Buy One Medical
Today, Amazon announced that it would buy One Medical, an acquisition would completely transform the healthcare industry giving Amazon easy access to private healthcare data....
How New Federal Antimerger Guidelines Can Roll Back Corporate Concentration and Build Local Power
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice announced plans to revise their merger guidelines, setting the stage for a new...
ILSR Calls for New Merger Standards to Halt Concentration, Revive Local Economies
In 1982, the two agencies charged with overseeing America’s antimonopoly laws — the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission — radically weakened their...
ILSR Statement on the Introduction of the Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act
We welcome the legislation introduced today by Senator Warren and Representative Jones, as a long-overdue step toward a more equitable and dynamic economy. … Read More
Listen: How Epic Games’ Acquisition of Bandcamp will Impact Independent Artists
Ron Knox was featured on The Grapevine, an Australian talk radio show, where he discussed Epic Games recent acquisition of Bandcamp and its effect on...
Listen: How Corporate Mergers Undermine Labor Rights
Ron Knox was featured on The Heartland Labor Forum on KKFI, where he discussed his recent reporting detailing how corporate mergers helped create monopolies that...
ILSR Statement on the Introduction of the Big Tech Merger Bill in the Senate
Statement from Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, on the introduction of the Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021, legislation that...
