Kennedy Smith talks to Mayors about How to Help Small Business
ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith talked to the Mayors’ Institute on City Design about how to help Main Street businesses survive the pandemic.… Read More
How Monopolies Gained More Ground During the Pandemic
Stacy Mitchell talks to the Strong Towns podcast about how corporate power is concentrating during the pandemic, and what it would look like if Congress broke up Big Tech. … Read More
A Cornucopia of Policy Opportunities in the New Year — Episode 115 of Building Local Power
From small business relief to a solar homes stimulus, we look ahead to policy opportunities in the new year and beyond in this episode of Building Local Power. … Read More
Policy Brief: Local and State Governments Have Marshalled $9.27 Billion for Small Business Relief
Our research has found that cities, counties, states, and community organizations have established more than 800 programs to provide financial assistance to small businesses in the wake of the pandemic. These programs have deployed more than $9.27 billion in grants and loans. Yet the funds are running out. Congress should address the unprecedented crisis facing small business by quickly providing the resources local governments need to do this important work.… Read More
In The New York Times: Stacy Mitchell Makes the Case to Break Up Jeff Bezos’s Empire
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 extraordinary view into the activities of other businesses and an unparalleled ability to manipulate markets to its own advantage.… Read More
In the Washington Post: Why Antitrust History is So Important
In the Washington Post, Senior Researcher Ron Knox explains Congress’s groundbreaking investigative report in terms of U.S. antitrust history. … Read More
Statement from Stacy Mitchell on Big Tech Antitrust Report
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 markets.… Read More
In the American Prospect: Revoking Big Tech’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
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 the American Prospect that we must prioritize revoking the liability shield these platforms enjoy.… Read More
On WBEZ’s Reset: How Can We Protect Small Businesses During The Pandemic?
On WBEZ, Kennedy Smith discusses the state of small businesses during this pandemic and the role that state and local governments need to play in supporting them.… Read More