ConsumerGram: Reregulating Railroads is the Wrong Track for Consumers
Today, the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research announces the release of its newest ConsumerGram, outlining the importance of freight rail and how reregulating the industry would be...
View ArticleACI in Morning Consult: Smart Regulations Protect Consumers
Decades of overregulation nearly bankrupted the nation’s freight railroads during the 1970s by adding layers of costly red tape that raised prices for railroads and, ultimately, all American consumers....
View ArticleEmergency Small Business Loans are Leaving Out Local Media Outlets
Countless small businesses are facing tough decisions as the Coronavirus pandemic stretches on. In an attempt to help struggling businesses that have been hit hard by social distancing measures,...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: Why We Need to Preserve the Consumer Welfare Standard in...
Wednesday, October 21st — 12:00 to 12:30 (EST) Concerns that leading technology companies are too powerful and have too much market share, thus making them inherently dangerous and harmful to...
View ArticleAudio: An Interview with a Former FTC Commissioner on Why We Need to Preserve...
There are concerns that leading technology companies are too powerful and have too much market share, thus making them inherently dangerous and harmful to consumers, have led to growing calls to break...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: Biden’s War on Independent Contractors
In the final days of the Trump administration, the Department of Labor issued a rule providing much-needed clarity to millions of people who work as independent contractors. President Joe Biden‘s war...
View ArticleThe Economic Standard: British Antitrust Reforms are Bad Example for U.S.
With antitrust reform front and center of American politics, it’s easy to ignore the global effort to rein in big tech companies. However, much like the United States, the United Kingdom has taken...
View ArticleConsumerGram: Reregulating Railroads is the Wrong Track for Consumers
Today, the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research announces the release of its newest ConsumerGram, outlining the importance of freight rail and how reregulating the industry would be...
View ArticleACI in Morning Consult: Smart Regulations Protect Consumers
Decades of overregulation nearly bankrupted the nation’s freight railroads during the 1970s by adding layers of costly red tape that raised prices for railroads and, ultimately, all American consumers....
View ArticleEmergency Small Business Loans are Leaving Out Local Media Outlets
Countless small businesses are facing tough decisions as the Coronavirus pandemic stretches on. In an attempt to help struggling businesses that have been hit hard by social distancing measures,...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: Why We Need to Preserve the Consumer Welfare Standard in...
Wednesday, October 21st — 12:00 to 12:30 (EST) Concerns that leading technology companies are too powerful and have too much market share, thus making them inherently dangerous and harmful to...
View ArticleAudio: An Interview with a Former FTC Commissioner on Why We Need to Preserve...
There are concerns that leading technology companies are too powerful and have too much market share, thus making them inherently dangerous and harmful to consumers, have led to growing calls to break...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: Biden’s War on Independent Contractors
In the final days of the Trump administration, the Department of Labor issued a rule providing much-needed clarity to millions of people who work as independent contractors. President Joe Biden‘s war...
View ArticleThe Economic Standard: British Antitrust Reforms are Bad Example for U.S.
With antitrust reform front and center of American politics, it’s easy to ignore the global effort to rein in big tech companies. However, much like the United States, the United Kingdom has taken...
View ArticleACI White Paper – How “Reasonable” Restrictions Become Unreasonable
ARLINGTON, VA — The American Consumer Institute (ACI) releases its ‘How “Reasonable” Restrictions Become Unreasonable’ research paper: Recent legislative and executive proposals are attempting to...
View ArticleThe Hill: Consumers Would Be Poorly Served by the Railway Safety Act
Despite no conclusions yet from the investigation into a recent high-profile freight train derailment, a bill has already been proposed in Congress to fix the yet to be determined problem. In...
View ArticleIn the Matter of the FTC-DOJ Draft Merger Guidelines Comments by the American...
ARLINGTON, VA – The American Consumer Institute (ACI) has released a comprehensive statement expressing concerns and providing critical feedback on the draft merger guidelines proposed by the Federal...
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