Economic Liberties Senior Fellow Katherine Van Dyck Testifies at Hearing on Rising Cost of Youth Sports
April 7, 2026 –This afternoon at 2:00PM EST, Economic Liberties Senior Legal Fellow Katherine Van Dyck will testify at a public field hearing hosted by Congressman Chris Deluzio and the Monopoly Busters Caucus, titled “Let Kids Play: Making Youth Sports Less of a Ripoff.” The hearing, held in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, will examine how private equity’s ownership and consolidation of youth sports is causing costs of participation to surge, making it unaffordable for an increasing number of children and teens and their families to participate.
Former Federal Prosecutor Leo Wise Joins Economic Liberties As Senior Fellow
April 7, 2026 – The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that Leo Wise, an experienced former federal prosecutor who served as Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, will join the organization as a visiting Senior Fellow focused on anti-corruption issues.
Brief Warns of Looming Electricity Price Spikes from Iran War, Urges Immediate Action
March 31, 2026 – As global energy markets continue to reel from the War in Iran, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new brief, “How Congress and States Should Respond to Electricity Price Spikes Due to the Iran War.” The paper analyzes how the continued reliance on natural gas — including liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports — to generate electricity creates supply-chain vulnerabilities that will translate into sharp electricity bill increases for customers, especially in the Northeast, over the coming year.
Trump Administration’s Push for Big Tech Tariff Ban Fueled WTO Ministerial Collapse
March 30, 2026 – In response to last night's collapse of the World Trade Organization's 14th Ministerial Conference, a biennial meeting of WTO member countries' top trade officials where the global trade body's future rules and agenda are set, Lori Wallach, Director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project, said:
Broad Coalition Applauds Colorado House Advancing Bill to Ban Surveillance Pricing and Wage Setting
March 27, 2026 – A broad coalition of lawmakers and advocacy organizations today applauded passage of House Bill 26-1210, legislation to ban “surveillance pricing” and “surveillance wages,” the practice of corporations using personal data to set individualized prices and wages based on what they believe a person will pay or accept.