Silicon Valley Elites Are Upset that CFPB is Protecting Consumers
November 27, 2024 — Following a barrage of false attacks launched at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Silicon Valley elites today—including Elon Musk, Mark Andreesen, and others—based on self-interested lies to misrepresent the agency’s positions, purpose, and actions, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Leading Worker Rights Organizations and Experts Release Brief on How States Can Preserve Worker Protections
November 26, 2024 — The National Employment Law Project, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, Towards Justice, American Economic Liberties Project, and the Economic Policy Institute released a new policy brief on Tuesday outlining how states can defend the key pro-worker advances of the Biden administration, many of which are under attack in the courts and which face an uncertain future as the presidential administration changes.
Rethink Trade Commends U.S. Government Decision to Launch USMCA RRM Labor Rights Enforcement Case Against VDO, Mexican Subsidiary of a Michigan-based Firm Producing Doors and Blinds Sold Throughout the U.S.
November 12, 2024 — Rethink Trade welcomes the launch of a labor rights enforcement action against the Matamoros, Mexico glass manufacturer Vidrio Decorativo Occidental, S.A. de C.V. (VDO) by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Labor using the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s (USMCA) labor rights Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM).
New Economic Liberties Report Takes a Close Look at Biden and Trump Antitrust Records
October 30, 2024 — A new report released by the American Economic Liberties Project today compares the antitrust records of the Trump-Pence and Biden-Harris administrations, revealing substantial differences in their approaches to addressing America's monopoly crisis.
Economic Liberties Kicks Off Campaign to Help State and Local Officials End Rental Price-Fixing
October 24, 2024 — Amid growing awareness that third-party rent-setting algorithms are a serious driver of the housing crisis--prompting state antitrust suits from Washington, D.C. and Arizona, a federal suit from the Department of Justice and 8 states, multiple federal and state legislative proposals, and a first-in-the-nation ban on rental price-fixing in San Francisco, among other actions--the American Economic Liberties Project today announced a new campaign, “End Rental Price-FIxing,” to promote state and municipal legislation to ban the practice.