Through its marketplace, cloud division and voice interface, Amazon functions as essential infrastructure for an astonishing array of companies and industries. This gives it an...
In the Washington Post, Senior Researcher Ron Knox explains Congress’s groundbreaking investigative report in terms of U.S. antitrust history. … Read More
This investigation has uncovered extensive and detailed evidence that Amazon has amassed outsized market power and is exploiting its dominance to crush competitors and monopolize...
As debates ramp up about how Congress and watchdog agencies should address the monopoly power of Big Tech, ILSR legal fellow Shaoul Sussman argues in...
ILSR helped organize and participated in a briefing, cosponsored by more than 40 local and national economic and racial justice, small business, and antimonopoly groups,...
In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell explains why Congress must reign in the monopoly power of these companies in order to restore balance to both our economy and...
Last week, the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee held Big Tech’s feet to the fire. They grilled the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google about...
ILSR research was cited in the congressional hearing to investigate monopoly power in Big Tech. … Read More
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