Susan R. Holmberg
@susanrholmberg
Political economist. Associate Director for Research @ilsr. Former Research Director and Fellow @rooseveltinst. @UMassEcon Ph.D. Markets are human constructs.
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22-07-2013 12:42:59
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Tune in this Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET for a virtual discussion with K. Sabeel Rahman, Jeremie Greer, Susan R. Holmberg, Lauren Jacobs, and gabrielle rejouis, esq. (she/her) 🇵🇸 about how monopolies leverage systemic racism and what we can do to democratize economic power. RSVP ⬇️ilsr.org/articles/power…
Motivated by shareholder primacy, utility monopolies are blocking solar projects & hiking prices—They're undermining a just transition. For public clean energy investments to succeed, we must restructure the electricity sector. Via Institute for Local Self-Reliance's John Farrell ☀️🌬🔋: promarket.org/2024/07/08/upg…
It's day two of #PrimeDay. Meet Masani Barnwell, co-owner of Source of Knowledge bookstore in Newark, NJ and Main Street Alliance / Main Street Action member. Buying from Masani supports local jobs and community. Buying from Amazon supports one of the world's biggest monopolies. youtu.be/RH5EaCxD51o?si…
My Institute for Local Self-Reliance colleagues working on Community Broadband are doing fantastic work bridging digital equity via "Tribal Broadband Bootcamps" with more than 72 tribes. AP Story: apnews.com/article/broadb…
Come be my boss Roosevelt Institute! We're hiring for a CEO. rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/presid…
It was great to see Kamala Harris talk about the Biden-Harris record on anti-trust. Let’s sustain that, and keep Lina Khan and Antitrust Division Deputy AG Kanter at the wheel.
“The legacy of disingenuous outsiders taking advantage of Tribes does not seem to be consigned to history.” Our Community Networks team just published a report examining the consequences of a federal broadband program’s failure to prioritize Tribal consent: ilsr.org/articles/repor…
1. Why have gov't efforts to fix food deserts failed? Because the problem isn’t capital costs, or even poverty per se. Poor neighborhoods used to have grocery stores. The problem is the antitrust agencies haven’t enforced the Robinson-Patman Act in 40 yrs. propublica.org/article/food-d…