@econliberties.bsky.social
The American Economic Liberties Project is fighting to realize economic liberty for all, in support of a secure, inclusive democratic society.
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“Our research found even America’s most congested commercial airports, which are effectively closed to low-fare airlines, allot space for the richest flyers to operate on behalf of a handful of privileged travelers."
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NEW: Ahead of the Super Bowl, one of the busiest private jet days of the year, a new paper from @ashleynowicki.bsky.social and @wjm-air.bsky.social details private jets' preferential treatment as they further congest airways — and policy solutions to fix it.
As covered in @thelever.bsky.social 👇
"Merger after merger it seems like the interests of the people are not being served."
ICYMI: During a hearing on the dangers of the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger, @booker.senate.govspeaks to the greater threats posed by corporate power and consolidation👇
ICYMI: Bezo's Washington Post is firing hundreds of employees, including the Amazon reporter that held his company accountable.
The reporter, Caroline O'Donovan, has reported on Amazon's layoffs, data centers, and more — reporting that will likely no longer continue.
"In 2024, more than 1/3 of households skipped out on necessities to pay an energy bill..."
Must-watch from @aoc.bsky.social calling out high ROEs, overseen by FERC, that are forcing Americans to choose between basic necessities and their energy bill👇
NEW: @amemeritatorres.bsky.social is backing a bill to BAN surveillance pricing in New York.
As concerns over individualized pricing rise, it's great to see lawmakers step up to pass commonsense reforms that protect consumers and workers from this dystopian pricing tactic.
“At a time when Big Tech is wielding its political muscle to stifle needed regulation at the federal and state levels, major cities such as New York must act on behalf... of vulnerable workers and consumers."
Must-read in Jacobin on why NYC should ban surveillance pricing.
"We allow Boeing and the airlines to self-police. Can you tell me what they've done in recent years to earn that trust? They haven't."
@wjm-air.bsky.social discusses the FAA, the government shutdown, and the problem with having companies self-police.
NDAs are making it harder for the public to be aware of data center projects in their communities.
“From... what I’ve seen, the very explicit purpose of these [NDAs] is so that the community doesn’t know what’s happening until it’s too late..."
“For too long, investor-owned monopoly utilities have gamed, captured, and made a mockery of the century-old regulatory system that is supposed to keep them in check."
ICYMI: @mh4oh in our statement applauding the launch of the Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus👇
As monopoly utilities jack up rates and rake in record profits,
@reprileyny.bsky.social and colleagues are launching the Lowering Utility Bills Caucus to bring down costs.
"Electricity is basic. Heat is basic. No family in this country... should feel like the power companies own them."
"If we believe in competition, we should... consider breaking up this industry to allow the kind of competition that prevents this vertical integration and abuse of power."
WATCH: @ocasio-cortez.house.gov calls for adopting a new Glass–Steagall Act in health care 👇
These extra charges could fall hardest on Americans with less access to tech.
“Smartphones, laptops and other electronic toys are beyond the financial reach of quite a few Americans,” @wjm-air.bsky.social says.
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Airlines know customers prefer speaking with real representatives over AI bots.
Now, these companies are looking to capitalize on it by charging you to speak to an actual human.
In America, 1 in 8 people are already experiencing food insecurity — the Trump admin's economic blindness isn't helping.
"Somehow it doesn’t seem likely that chicken with a piece — just one piece! — of broccoli is on the menu at the White House or at a Mar-a-Lago fete."
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"The credit card industry knows that the president will chicken out."
Rohit Chopra tells @cnn.com why he doubts the admin will follow through on capping credit card interest rates.
The PBM reforms in the House funding bill are a first step — but they come too late.
"[T]he key provisions won’t take effect until at least 2028, which is far too long a wait – and underscores the need for Congress to enact more substantial structural reforms."
"You just look at who [Trump] was surrounded by at his inauguration, the kind of billionaires and oligarchs who more or less have gotten everything they want out of this administration."
Lina Khan with @rbreich.bsky.social & Heather Lofthouse call out the Trump admin's fake populism👇
Travel companies want to charge you to speak with a person over a bot — a move that will disproportionally impact those who cannot access tech easily.
“Smartphones, laptops and other electronic toys are beyond the financial reach of quite a few Americans,” @wjm-air.bsky.social warns.
As utility companies cater to win Big Tech data center deals, costs are getting pushed onto consumers.
"But if companies offer artificial intelligence data centers a break on costs, to attract their business, that cost could get shifted onto residential consumers.”
"If we care about making sure that we're having more home building in those types of communities, some of the reforms in [Capital Crunch] are worth looking at to provide financing to the outside the few big publicly traded, home builders."
Read it here: www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
“The mechanisms we had as a government for helping get financing to smaller home builders have really deteriorated over time."
Bharat Ramamurti encourages people check out @balancecraft.bsky.social's must-read paper on how local financing fell and Wall Street captured homebuilding👇
"Simply put, the FAA is in a constant state of chaos and crisis. Shutdowns make it even worse. And Washington’s response? Send everybody home."
For @prospect.org , @wjm-air.bsky.social lays out how the government shutdown exacerbated airline safety issues that have existed for decades.
