POLITICO Morning Tech: Tech CEOs descend on Congress to block antitrust bill
June 17, 2022 — POLITICO Morning Tech covered the release of Economic Liberties' "Big Tech Monopolies Endanger American Security" memo.
New York Times: Covid Vaccine and Fisheries Deals Close a ‘Roller Coaster’ W.T.O. Meeting
June 17, 2022 — Following the WTO’s failure to waive the intellectual property barriers blocking global access to life-saving COVID-19 medicines and treatments, Rethink Trade Director Lori Wallach spoke with the New York Times about why it is a “dangerous public health fail.”
Big Tech Monopolies Endanger American Security
June 17, 2022 — As lawmakers in Washington accelerate efforts to crack down on Big Tech, the monopolies have doubled down on a lobbying campaign that claims their concentrated power is essential for America’s national security interests and competition with China. Today, the American Economic Liberties Project released a report entitled, “Big Tech Monopolies Endanger American Security,” which presents irrefutable evidence that this argument is hollow from the inside out.
The American Prospect: Pete Buttigieg’s Day Job
June 16, 2022 — Economic Liberties' Senior Fellow for Aviation & Travel Bill McGee spoke with The American Prospect about the airline crisis and why Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg must use the power of the agency to hold the airlines accountable.
FTC Vote to Resurrect Robinson-Patman Will Help Lower Cost of Drugs & Insulin
June 16, 2022 — The American Economic Liberties Project released a statement in response to a unanimous vote from the Federal Trade Commission on a policy statement to resurrect the use of an old law against corporate bribery, and to use this law to take on the insulin cartel.