The American Economic Liberties Project today announced five new Senior Fellows and Advisors, each with crucial experience serving at the White House, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division, who will join the organization and assist in advancing its mission to tackle monopoly power across the economy. The additions include Hannah Garden-Monheit and Sally Hubbard coming in as Senior Fellows, Catherine Simonsen and Katherine Van Dyck joining as Senior Legal Fellows, and Blake Narendra as a Senior Advisor.

The American Economic Liberties Project today launched a new initiative, Break Up Big Medicine, to unite the millions of people across the country who are fed up with the power that consolidated healthcare conglomerates, private equity, and middlemen wield over our access to quality and affordable care—and push policymakers to end structural conflicts of interest across the industry.

In response to news that President Trump has signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission to investigate and address the root causes of America’s health crisis—whose initial membership excludes the FTC or DOJ, even though are both pursuing important healthcare-related initiatives—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

February 4, 2025 — In response to news that Senators Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders have introduced a bipartisan bill to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent—fulfilling a campaign pledge made by President Trump—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

January 30, 2025 — Following news that the California Law Revision Commission (“the CLRC”) has approved initial recommendations for reforming California’s antiquated state antitrust law, including recommendations that state lawmakers adopt a law against illegal monopolization and a more flexible merger standard, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.