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Community is Central to Building a Post-Neoliberal Future
Luke Gannon
December 22, 2022
Stacy Mitchell spoke at "Rethinking Globalization, Intermediation, and Efficiency," on exploring new paradigms for a post-neoliberal world. Community, Stacy argued, is the foundational basis for this paradigm shift. READ MORE
On Pitchfork Economics: Why We Can't Let Kroger Buy Albertsons
Luke Gannon
December 1, 2022
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 customers — most often pledging that it will lower prices. Stacy argues that the company's statement promising to pass savings on to consumers is blatantly false. READ MORE
In Slate: Radicalize the Swifties
Luke Gannon
November 30, 2022
Ron Knox writes in Slate how the shocking collapse of Taylor Swift's tour ticket presale was an inevitable failure of the monopoly Ticketmaster. READ MORE
FEATURED REPORTS
Boxed Out: Our New Report on How Big Retailers are Flexing Their Supply Chain Power to Kill Off Small Businesses
Stacy Mitchell
September 22, 2022
Report: How New Federal Antimerger Guidelines Can Roll Back Corporate Concentration and Build Local Power
Stacy Mitchell
June 29, 2022
Issue Brief: Why the 21st Century Antitrust Act is Critical for New York Small Businesses
Katy Milani
May 19, 2022
RECENT ARTICLES
How Tax Policies Fuel Monopolies and Undermine Small Business
October 28, 2022
In a special issue of Tax Justice Focus, Stacy Mitchell and Susan Holmberg write that local, state, and federal policymakers have systematically structured the tax system to fuel corporate power and disadvantage small businesses. No one has more effectively harnessed the tax system to build a monopoly than Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos.READ MORE
FEATURED AUDIO & VIDEO
On Vox's Today Explained: Ron Knox on Blocking the Kroger-Albertsons Supermerger
Luke Gannon
October 31, 2022
Ron Knox joined Vox’s Today Explained podcast where he details the danger, harm, and effects of the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger.READ MORE
Germany’s National Broadcaster Features Stacy Mitchell, as Scrutiny of Amazon’s Power Grows
Luke Gannon
June 7, 2022
FROM OUR PODCAST
Small Businesses Rise Up
Luke Gannon
December 1, 2022
On this episode of Building Local Power, three members of ILSR’s Independent Business team, Lauren Gellatly, Katy Milani, and Kennedy Smith, answer: What challenges are small, independent businesses facing? And what legislative solutions are on the way?READ MORE
OUR ADVOCACY
"Trustbusting Is Making a Comeback": Stacy Mitchell's Keynote at the National Rural Grocery Summit:
Luke Gannon
June 22, 2022
"Amazon's Grip is Crushing Us": Stories and Testimonials from Amazon Sellers
Katy Milani
June 15, 2022
ILSR Calls for New Merger Standards to Halt Concentration, Revive Local Economies
Stacy Mitchell
April 27, 2022