In this issue, we discuss the need to protect the child care industry from private equity powers looking for quick profit, particularly with an increase in public subsidies to support the critical sector.
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On Monday, June 24 from 9:30 AM – 4 PM ET, Open Markets Institute, the National Women’s Law Center, and Community Change will host an event and release a new report that examines the role of private equity in plundering the nation’s child care industry and outlines a policy strategy to increase the supply of child care as a public good.
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Open Markets industrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon released a statement on the Biden Administration’s new tariffs to grow and protect U.S. green energy supply chains and manufacturing.
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The Open Markets submitted a comment letter calling for aggressive action, including the use of tariff and quotas, to diversify U.S. supply chains.
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Open Markets Industrial Policy Program Manager Audrey Stienon penned a piece in The American Prospect on the pros and cons of California’s close partnership with Civica Rx, as the state begins to manufacture insulin in an effort to lower costs.
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In this issue, we explore how private equity titans have set their sights on the care economy, deploying classic rollup strategies to limit competition and raise prices. We also launch two new papers on the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) making the case for the U.S. government to revive enforcement of the RPA in order to help build a fairer, more open, and more decentralized economy.
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In this issue, we look at our conference detailing Facebook’s attacks on the free press, featuring a keynote by Senator Klobuchar. And we explore California’s subsidized manufacture of insulin.
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In this issue, we take a look at how electric vehicle manufacturers’ move into the lithium business could lead to a lithium shortage, shortchanging sectors like solar and wind.
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In this issue, we look at U.S. Trade Rep Katherine Tai’s new vision for trade, which she detailed in a groundbreaking speech hosted by Open Markets.
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