The Hill: Chamber of Commerce lashes out at FTC
November 19, 2021 — Director of Strategy & Programs Nidhi Hedge fired back at the Chamber of Commerce, explaining why its cynical campaign against the FTC ignores the concerns raised by actual small businesses for The Hill.
NEWS: Small Businesses Reject Chamber Of Commerce’s Cynical Campaign Against Federal Trade Commission
November 19, 2021 — Today, a coalition representing thousands of independent businesses, entrepreneurs, and pharmacists, including the American Economic Liberties Project, Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority, National Community Pharmacists Association, iFixit, Local First AZ, and Rossmann Repair Group are pushing back on false claims from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the FTC is ‘waging war’ on the business community.
POLITICO NJ: Lame duck legislation would further expand New Jersey’s film tax credit program
November 18, 2021 — Director of State & Local Policy Pat Garofalo spoke to POLITICO New Jersey about why the state's latest proposal to expand its film tax credit program isn’t as glamorous as it seems.
Washington Post: White House takes aim at oil industry as gas prices create economic and politics rifts
November 17, 2021 — Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller spoke with The Washington Post about the market power problems at the root of rising gas prices — and broader inflation worries.
New York Times: Visions of a U.S. Computer Chip Boom Have Cities Hustling
November 17, 2021 — Semiconductor manufacturers are using the growing panic around shortages to leverage tax subsidies from local communities, Director of State & Local Policy Pat Garofalo told The New York Times. Local lawmakers don’t need to fall for it.