Congress Can Address Generic Drug Shortages By Reining in Consolidated GPOs, New Policy Brief Explains
October 19, 2023 — As shortages of basic drugs and treatments, for everything from lead poisoning to cancer, reach record levels in the US, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new policy brief, “The Dirty Secret of Drug Shortages,” to shed light on the primary driver of the problem: consolidated middlemen known as group purchasing organizations (GPOs).
Economic Liberties Applauds Pennsylvania House Passage of Junk Fee Bill
October 18, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement after the Pennsylvania House voted to approve HB 636, a ban on so-called “junk fees” in the ticketing, food delivery, and lodging industries.
Amazon’s Bid to Settle Highlights Strength of AG Bonta and FTC’s Antitrust Cases
October 18, 2023 — In response to new reporting revealing that Amazon offered to settle California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s antitrust investigation into the ecommerce giant mere days before the the state actually filed the suit, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOJ Concludes a Compelling Case in the Landmark US v. Google Antitrust Trial with Final Witness
October 18, 2023 — Halfway into a landmark ten-week trial taking on Google’s $1.7 trillion search monopoly, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division called its last witness, closing weeks of rigorous testimony from leading economists and executives from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and others.
New Economic Liberties Paper Series Unpacks Importance of Competition in U.S. Industrial Policy
October 16, 2023 — As the Biden administration works to revive industrial policy in the U.S., the American Economic Liberties Project today launched its new Industrial Policy Paper Series to address competition concerns that could undermine successful implementation of these critical new policies—starting with “Lessons From the Heat Pump Market: Why Market Structure Analysis Matters for Effective Industrial Policy Design and Implementation.”