Competition Advocates Urge Justice, Banking Regulators to Block Capital One-Discover Merger
April 4, 2025 – Today, American Economic Liberties Project, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Public Citizen sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) urging them to block the proposed Capital One-Discover merger under federal antitrust and banking statutes.
Tariffs Are Vital Tool to Rebalance U.S. Trade, but Trump Must Act Immediately to Stop Corporations from Using New Tariffs as Cover to Price-Gouge
April 2, 2025 – Today, as the Trump administration announces its tariffs plan, American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade Director, Lori Wallach, released this statement.
Economic Liberties’ Morgan Harper Testifies Today in Senate Judiciary on Big Tech Remedies
April 1, 2025 – This afternoon at 2:30pm EST, Morgan Harper, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the American Economic Liberties Project, will testify in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights for a hearing on “Big Fixes for Big Tech.”
Economic Liberties Applauds Colorado State Senate on Passage of Junk Fees Legislation
March 26, 2025 – Following news that the Colorado State Senate has advanced anti-junk fee legislative bill HB 25-1090 by a 22-12 vote, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
If the Pentagon Hands Boeing $50 Billion, Taxpayers Should Own the IP
March 25, 2025 – Following reports the Pentagon has selected Boeing—which is currently seeking to rescind a guilty plea agreement in a case over its role in two deadly plane crashes in 2018 and 2019—for a $50 billion contract to build the next generation of the military’s fighter jets, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.