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.
The Appeal: The Case for a Temporary Merger Ban for America’s Largest Companies
April 28, 2020 - Economic Liberties’ Executive Director Sarah Miller made the case for a merger moratorium in The Appeal, explaining why Congress must prevent big corporations from further consolidating their economic and political power.
What You Need to Know About the CARES Act Bailouts
April 15, 2020 - Economic Liberties published a CARES Act explainer, where we answered questions about the bailout provisions of the CARES Act as carried out by the Fed and offered strategic guidance on future advocacy efforts.
Addressing Facebook and Google’s Harms Through a Regulated Competition Approach
April 10, 2020 - Economic Liberties latest Working Paper in a series on corporate power, "How to Address Facebook and Google’s Harm Through a Regulated Competition Approach." The paper explains the policy choices that allowed Facebook and Google to develop a business model toxic to democracy and civil rights, and explains how a “regulated competition” approach is necessary to rein in these technology giants.