About our work
Monopolies have taken control of our economies and entrepreneurs are the victim of monopolies predatory practices. It is time to re-imagine localized economies for the benefit of all. Instead of our economic system benefiting only the behemoth conglomerates, our policies and practices should benefit the common good. Local business by its very nature is the antidote to monopoly power.
This is why AMIBA has committed to join the effort to reign in monopolies and give our local businesses a fair chance. There is a role for each of us. We encourage you to get involved. Start by reading The Big Deal of Antitrust Laws for Small Businesses. This short paper explains why our work is so important to you and your community.
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Independent Businesses Launch Coalition to Fight Monopoly Power
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Virgil McDill, vmcdill@ilsr.org, 202.294.9187 Independent...
Local Tennis Club Beats the Monopoly
In today’s US economy a business sector is monopolized when a small number of the big guys work together with price-fixing or other anti-competitive practices that results in the closing down of thousands of small independent businesses.
Monopolies are Running the Show
Do you remember playing Monopoly as a kid? It begins with that fun, anything-is-possible, the...
The Big Deal of Antitrust Laws for Small Business
In general, extreme market concentration is not beneficial to anyone in society except the owners and top officials of the large corporations. Squeezing out small businesses increases the cost of…
The man behind the curtain pulling all the levers isn’t a man—it’s a monopoly. And it controls your world.
Monopolies are bad. Bad for you. Bad for me. Bad for everyone except the monopoly owners. What’s a monopoly you say? A monopoly is the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. Sounds pretty wonky but it’s not.
Reining In Monopoly Power Webinar Event With ILSR
AMIBA partnered with ILSR on this important event on February 22, 2021. Watch the video.
The pandemic exposed, and turbocharged, many inequalities in our economy, including years of rampant market power abuse by dominant corporations at the expense of small businesses.
The fat cats aren’t fat cats because they built a better mousetrap. They’re fat cats because they bought all the mice and made your mousetrap irrelevant.
Local business depends on free enterprise to thrive. But when free enterprise is choked by...
You thought Monopoly was a game of equal chance with a roll of the dice. But the dice are loaded.
Monopolies monopolize, it’s how they become monopolies. This is bad because they exert control...
Thank you to our partners in the Catalyzing Local Business Initiative
George Farah
Handley, Farah and Anderson
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The important work that AMIBA does to fight monopolies is funded in part by the Anti-Monopoly Fund.