Common Dreams: ‘Complete Garbage’: Campaigners Blast WTO Alternative to Covid Patent Waiver
May 3, 2022 — Rethink Trade Director Lori Wallach spoke with Common Dreams about the leaked WTO COVID vaccine text, explaining why it would fail to achieve President Biden’s mission of increasing access to vaccines to end the COVID crisis.
Financial Times: The failures of stakeholder capitalism
May 2, 2022 — In a column for Financial Times, Rana Foroohar laid out why stakeholder capitalists should focus on monopoly power and cited Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Denise Hearn’s new report on the issue.
The Guardian: ‘What am I going to do?’: soaring prices fuel calls for US government to step in
April 30, 2022 — Economic Liberties’ Senior Policy Analyst Krista Brown spoke with The Guardian about the legislative changes needed to reinvigorate price fixing laws and empower enforcers to go after the corporations that are price gouging consumers.
The Guardian: Revealed: top US corporations raising prices on Americans even as profits surge
April 27, 2022 — Economic Liberties’ Senior Policy Analyst Krista Brown shaped The Guardian’s new reporting on inflation, explaining how large corporations are using the narrative of inflation as an excuse to raise prices and rake in record-breaking profits.
Bloomberg: Google Strives for a Comeback in D.C.’s High-Stakes Popularity Contest
April 27, 2022 — Economic Liberties’ Executive Director Sarah Miller spoke with Bloomberg about Google’s “war position” against the tech bills in Congress and the various competition lawsuits now challenging the behemoth’s extreme power.