Democrats Demand Answers on Whether Amazon ‘Lied’ About Data Tactics
April 23, 2020 - Following reporting by the Wall Street Journal that Amazon uses trade secret data from third-party sellers to produce and market its own private-label goods on its online platform, Executive Director Sarah Miller talked to Politico about why Congress must hold Amazon accountable.
Perjury is a Crime, Even When Amazon Does It
April 23, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement, calling for a criminal perjury investigation of Amazon lawyer Nate Sutton and Amazon senior executives, in response to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, which revealed that Amazon uses trade secret data from independent sellers on its platform to develop competing products.
Business Insider: This anti-monopoly group has spent two years campaigning against Facebook’s practices – now it wants to break up Google
April 18, 2020 – Economic Liberties’ Executive Director Sarah Miller talked with Business Insider about Freedom From Facebook and Google’s success and the growing momentum to take on big tech.
Economic Liberties Explains How the CARES Act Empowers Wall Street & Big Business
April 15, 2020 - As small businesses struggle to access emergency funding and working people continue to wait for desperately-needed assistance, the American Economic Liberties Project released “What You Need to Know About the CARES Act Bailouts,” a new policy quick take on corporate power that explains how the CARES Act supercharges big corporations’ and Wall Street’s ability to direct more and more wealth and power to themselves, at the expense of consumers, working people, independent businesses, and communities.
COBRA Expansion Helps Insurance Companies More Than Working People
April 14, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to House Democrats’ proposal to expand COBRA subsidies for laid-off or furloughed workers.