The largest players in the broadband industry have a vested interest in ensuring that they are not subject to regulations that ensure good Internet service for customers across the United States. In this piece for ArsTechnica Jon Brodkin details this trend and interviews our filings with the FCC.… Read More
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell is interviewed in this short segment for CNBC’s Power Lunch on the growing power of Amazon in the wake of their purchase Whole Foods. Watch here:… Read More
In this piece for International Business Times the reporter cites our filing with the Federal Communications Commission on the state-level barring of enforcing speed tests for Internet access.… Read More
Our wide-ranging Amazon report was cited in this piece for the New York Times by David Streitfield, detailing the impact they are having on our economy.… Read More
In this piece for Common Dreams, reporter Andrea Germanos reacts to the blockbuster move that sees Amazon buying luxury grocery behemoth Whole Foods. In the piece Germanos cites our Amazon report in reference to the growth of Amazon’s ambitions for the economy.… Read More
In this breaking news story for USA Today, their retail team reacts and reports to the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisition and what it means for the economy and the oft-cited “future of retail.” For their coverage, the team also cites our landmark Amazon report.… Read More
In reaction to the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon, mainstream thoughtful outlets, like The Atlantic, take a careful look at the growing market power of the e-commerce behemoth and cite our landmark Amazon report as evidence for the different things that are happening in the consolidation of our economy.… Read More
In response to Amazon’s announced acquisition of Whole Foods, Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and co-author of Amazon’s Stranglehold, made the following statement:
“Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods raises significant anti-competitive issues that should be deeply concerning to federal antitrust regulators and the public. This deal would allow Amazon to leverage the Whole Foods chain in ways that would expand its monopoly power in online commerce, including by integrating these locations into its rapidly growing logistics and delivery network….… Read More
David Morris talks with Christopher Mitchell, Director of ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks initiative about why the message of local self-reliance is as relevant today as it was when ILSR opened its doors in 1974. This wide-ranging conversation examines the rising concentration of economic power and cities’ responses. … Read More
