What the SEC and Investors Should Ask as Frontier AI Companies Go Public
November 10, 2026 — This memo proceeds in four parts. Section I sets out the SEC’s disclosure mandate and the tools available to it and to other fiduciaries during the IPO process. Section II turns to what third parties can do. Section III provides the factual background on the various types of risks (from the financial to the existential) and potential legal liabilities that make frontier AI offerings unusual. Section IV sets out the questions the SEC and those fiduciaries should ask, first of any frontier AI company, and then of Anthropic specifically. Even if these measures do not ultimately stop an IPO, they serve a vital purpose: equipping investors to make informed decisions and forcing risk to be priced more accurately, so that valuations reflect genuine risk.
Monthly Monopoly Digest – November 2026
November 2nd, 2026 — November 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.
Big Grocery is Watching You: Kroger’s Merger with Giant Eagle Will Increase Customer Surveillance
This brief examines what the Kroger-Giant Eagle merger would mean for prices, for workers, and for the civil and economic liberties of anyone who buys groceries.
A Governor’s Agenda for Energy Affordability and Utility Accountability in Maine
October 14, 2026 — Maine’s next governor will inherit this affordability challenge and a real opportunity to solve it, through immediate and sustained leadership that addresses the acute and structural drivers of Maine’s skyrocketing rates. The good news is that the tools to address these pressures already exist, largely without waiting on new statutory authority. Maine’s own Public Utilities Commission and Legislature have already shown they are willing to act boldly to curb rate increases and impose accountability on Maine’s investor-owned utilities — from the 2025 dismissal of a major Central Maine Power (CMP) rate request to the 2026 regional transmission organization law. This primer lays out a menu of options for Maine's next governor and transition team to sustain and accelerate that progress, organized around six areas of action.
Monthly Monopoly Digest – September 2026
September 24th, 2026 — September 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.
Phoenix Case Study: Single-Family Rentals, Build-to-Rent, and Undoing the Corporate Capture of Housing
September 9, 2026 — This case study analyzes the factors that suppressed Phoenix-area home construction, explains why Wall Street chose Phoenix as a testing ground for new housing-backed asset classes, chronicles the rise of single-family rentals and build-to-rent developments in Phoenix, surveys the current market landscape, examines how institutional investors have reduced affordability and worsened conditions for working families, and, finally, offers policy recommendations to ensure that land, credit, and homebuilding create more affordable homes for individual ownership instead of new asset classes for Wall Street investors.