The NCAA Pivot To Compensate Athletes Demonstrates The Power of Antitrust
December 5, 2023 — In response to the letter sent today by NCAA President Charlie Baker proposing a new model for compensating college athletes, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Boston Globe: Travelers Lose in the JetBlue-Spirit merger
December 4, 2023 — Economic Liberties' Matt Stoller weighs in on the JetBlue-Spirit merger trial in a Boston Globe op-ed.
Here We Go Again: Airline Mergers Beget More Mergers and Flyers, Workers, and Local Communities Can’t Afford Alaska-Hawaiian
December 4, 2023 — In response to news that Alaska Air Group has agreed to acquire rival Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
The White House and Congress Must Break GPOs’ Gatekeeping Power to Truly Solve Drug Shortage Crisis
November 28, 2023 — In response to new actions announced by the Biden administration yesterday to use the Defense Production Act to boost domestic manufacturing of essential medicines in order to protect patients from shortages—as part of a broader effort to strengthen supply chain resilience—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Unions, Small Business Groups & Advocates Launch LowerCreditCardFees.com Urging Congress to Pass CCCA
November 15, 2023 — A diverse group of organizations representing workers, small businesses, competition and consumer advocates, launched a new ‘Lower Credit Card Fees’ Coalition to dispel myths surrounding the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) and urging Congress to pass it. The new microsite home for the coalition, lowercreditcardfees.com, which includes crucial background on how the legislation would address significant market failures in the credit card payment network, comes alongside new research from government watchdog Accountable.US, which highlights the dark money at play in this legislative fight.