American Compass: Moving The Chains
June 8, 2020—Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller wrote in the American Compass about the relationship between consolidation and lost production capacity, explaining the importance of bringing back critical supply chains —including those for medical supplies and medicine.
The Hill: Rethinking the Fed
May 27, 2020 - Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Graham Steele described how the Federal Reserve is using its power to usher support to Wall Street and large corporations, preserving a status quo that marginalizes the needs of millions of Americans, in The Hill.
The Guardian: Cuomo is Letting Billionaires Plan New York’s Future. It Doesn’t Have to be This Way
May 14, 2020 - Economic Liberties’ Pat Gorofolo and Zephyr Teachout published a piece in The Guardian that explains why state and local leaders should not let billionaires and corporations decide what the postvirus economy will look like.
What Progressives Must Demand in a COVID-19 Relief Package
May 12, 2020 - Economic Liberties published a Heroes Act explainer, spelling out why workers, small businesses, and communities in crisis deserve more than the Heroes Act delivers.
The Federal Reserve Must Not Finance a Merger Wave
May 7, 2020 - Nine groups led by the American Economic Liberties Project sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging them to freeze all mergers and acquisitions activity by otherwise viable corporations as a condition for use of the Federal Reserve and Treasury’s emergency credit programs.