Economic Liberties Applauds Virginia State Senate Passage of Junk Fee Ban
February 6, 2024 — In response to news that the Virginia State Senate has passed SB388, a ban on junk fees, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
CHIPS Act Implementation Needs Anti-Monopoly Guardrails to Be Successful, New Economic Liberties Paper Reveals
February 6, 2024 — With the rollout of the landmark CHIPS Act subsidies underway—an important effort from the Biden administration and policymakers to build a resilient U.S. semiconductor industry—the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new paper identifying market structures and business practices that could hinder its success and proposing competition and trade policies to overcome them. The paper, “Reshoring and Restoring: CHIPS Implementation for a Competitive Semiconductor Industry,” is the second installment of Economic Liberties’ Industrial Policy and Competition Series.
Washington Post: Supreme Court revives debate over social media as a ‘public square’
February 2, 2024 — Lee Hepner is quoted in The Washington Post's coverage of Supreme Court case Netchoice v. Paxton.
DOJ Is Right to Investigate UPMC’s Abuse of Monopoly Power and Harms Against PA Workers
February 2, 2024 — In response to reports that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division is investigating the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for abusing its market power to hurt workers, behavior that Economic Liberties and partners detailed in a white paper in January 2023, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
The “Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act” Takes an Important Step to Rein in Price Fixing in the Digital Economy
February 2, 2024 — In response to news that Senator Amy Klobuchar has introduced the “Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024,” a bill aimed at reining in anticompetitive pricing algorithms that rip off consumers across the country, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.