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April 16, 2026 — The Fair Play Façade examines how this happened, revealing a troubling pattern of anti-competitive conduct justified by appeals to sports’ “special nature.” Private equity firms have transformed youth sports into a financial instrument for investors. Professional leagues and the NCAA have successfully argued for relaxed application of antitrust and labor laws to suppress athlete compensation. Fan experiences have been degraded and monopolized. The result is an industry that thrives on wealth extraction, wage suppression, market allocation, and monopolistic pricing, turning the concept of fair play on its head.

March 31, 2026 — This issue brief explains why the Iran War threatens to cause severe electricity spikes by explaining the link between natural gas and electricity markets; the immediate threats from the ongoing war to utility procurements; and vulnerabilities in the Northeast region. The brief also points to lessons that elected officials and policymakers can draw from the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in terms of electricity price impacts, especially during the 2022-2023 winter period, and outlines policy actions to protect consumers who are already suffering from high utility bills.

March 25, 2026 — March version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.

March 18, 2026 — The proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction will result in one of the most transformative changes to the entertainment landscape in decades if it goes through. It combines two large television, sports, and film conglomerates. There are financial, cultural, legal, political and labor impacts of the deal. The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ ATR), state attorneys general, and international enforcers all have the authority to intervene to block the merger. This document is intended to answer questions about the transaction.

March 4, 2026 — This paper explains the risks of U.S. dependence on foreign countries for essential medicines and tells the history of how we got here, discusses how successful onshoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing requires restructuring markets by reining in the market power and anti-competitive practices of pharmaceutical middlemen, sets forth a vision and plan for incorporating antimonopoly by design to build deconcentrated pharmaceutical manufacturing market structures, and discusses trade policies to be implemented as competition policies restructure markets and as industrial policies invest in, and create reliable demand for, domestic manufacturing.

February 24, 2026 — This fact sheet lays out the track record of the DOJ, FTC, and CFPB – three agencies that are at the front lines of regulating our system of commerce. At a time when economic anxieties are high, and the wealthy live very different lives than average Americans, whether these leaders faithfully enforce the law for the public or for the most powerful corporations matters more than ever. As noted below, there have been some successes on the consumer protection front, a continuation of a number of major Biden-era FTC and DOJ lawsuits, and announcements of potentially useful investigations. But largely, the theme from Ferguson, Slater, and Vought is that the federal government is not looking out for consumers or workers, and has instead morphed antitrust and consumer protection into a means for cronyism.