Has U.S. Antitrust Reached a Turning Point?
Stacy Mitchell joined a panel, hosted by the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative at UC Berkeley, exploring who is winning the antitrust battle and why.… Read More
Watch: Trustbusters are Scoring Pivotal Wins
ILSR’s Co-Executive Director Stacy Mitchell and American Economic Liberties Project’s Matt Stoller joined the Laura Flanders & Friends show to explain this pivotal antitrust moment. “Everybody is feeling this,” observed Mitchell. … Read More
On More Perfect Union: What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You to Know
Dollar General is stealing from its customers. It’s a major scam that’s siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars from the poorest people in America. In a new More Perfect Union video, Stacy Mitchell explains how the chain’s business models rips people off.… Read More
Why Utility Execs Hate Distributed Solar
In this 30 minute presentation to the Just Solar Coalition, Timothy Den-Herder Thomas and John Farrell explain the benefits of distributed solar, why utility companies try to stifle it, and how this conflict has reared its ugly head in Minnesota.… Read More
Self-Determination Can Save the Energy System
In this 15 minute presentation for The Solutions Summit 2023, John Farrell makes the case for self-determination over the energy system. Instead of tolerating costly energy monopolies, states and cities can empower communities and harness the benefits of local ownership.… Read More
Is Amazon a Monopoly? Documentary Newly Released in the U.S.
Watch the newly released English-language version of a powerful documentary about Amazon’s outsized power, both in the U.S. and abroad. The film, which first aired on German public television, features Stacy Mitchell explaining to viewers how Amazon operates its monopoly machine.… Read More
On More Perfect Union: How Amazon Broke Online Shopping
This video from More Perfect Union tells the story of why Amazon has become a chaotic jumble of junk ads and questionable products, how that’s connected to the company’s abuse of independent businesses, and why Amazon now faces a major antitrust case. If you’re looking for help explaining the FTC’s lawsuit to your friends, look no further. … Read More
On The Hustle, Kennedy Smith Explains the Bad Economics of Dollar Stores
Kennedy Smith was on The Hustle to spell out why dollar stores are so problematic for our pocketbooks and our communities.… Read More
ILSR Press Event: Sellers and Small Businesses Applaud FTC’s Amazon Lawsuit
Third-party sellers and small business leaders joined the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s virtual press briefing to applaud the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, hailing the action as a critical step to ending Amazon’s abuses and opening the online market to competition.… Read More