An Amazon delivery van in New York City. The company’s entrance and expansion into the warehousing and logistics industry in New York state has driven wages down for warehouse workers and delivery drivers. (Shutterstock) At the end of last year, Congress passed the first meaningful reform to federal antitrust law since 1976 . It was a public recognition of what advocates have been signaling for decades: Rampant consolidation of corporate power is causing unprecedented harm to the economy, with devastating impacts on the daily lives of Americans. Despite that progress, the general hostility toward antitrust reform from the new House Republican leadership — and, to be fair, from a smattering of Democrats captured by corporate special interests — means a hard road ahead at the federal level. But that’s not the end of the story. Several state legislatures are considering groundbreaking reforms to their own antitrust laws. If approved, they would constitute the most important changes to antitrust law in generations, ushering in a new era in which workers and small businesses stand a fighting chance against the dominant corporations. Historically, states have taken the lead on anti-monopoly measures, on everything from railroads to pharmacies to banking and credit. […]
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Invest The Invisible Impact
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Invest The Invisible Impact
