Should Big Utilities Pay for Their Bad Choices? — Episode 124 of Local Energy Rules
Maria McCoy
February 24, 2021
DIY Compost Screeners — Baltimore Community Compost Sites Build Their Own
Brenda Platt
January 20, 2021
In ProMarket: How the FTC Protected the Market Power of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Stacy Mitchell
February 19, 2021
Who We Are
ILSR champions local self-reliance, a strategy that underscores the need for humanly scaled institutions and economies and the widest possible distribution of ownership. Through our work across the economy, we seek to empower communities to take charge of their own future.
EDITOR'S PICKS
Your Antimonopoly Reading List
Jess Del Fiacco
February 17, 2021
In a recent presentation to ILSR staff, Christopher Mitchell shared key takeaways from six recent books on monopoly power in the United Stat... READ MORE
ILSR and Partners Launch Plan to Create 30 Million Solar Homes
Jess Del Fiacco
February 10, 2021
Our country currently faces three major challenges: rebuilding the economy, addressing the climate crisis, and rectifying racial injustices.... READ MORE
In The Washington Post: Small Pharmacies Beat Big Chains at Delivering Vaccines. Don't Look So Shocked
February 5, 2021
In the Washington Post, Stacy Mitchell explains why we shouldn't be surprised that West Virginia and North Dakota's independent pharmacies a... READ MORE
New Report Sheds Light on America’s Monopolized Energy Sector . . . and How We Can Fix It
Virgil McDill
January 7, 2021
A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliances shows that America’s monopoly problem extends into the energy and electricity secto... READ MORE
Report Explores Problem of Corporate Concentration in America's Waste and Recycling Sectors
Virgil McDill
December 8, 2020
A report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) does more than explain the problem of concentrated corporate power in the waste s... READ MORE
Policy Brief: Local and State Governments Have Marshalled $9.27 Billion for Small Business Relief
Kennedy Smith
October 19, 2020
Our research has found that cities, counties, states, and community organizations have established more than 800 programs to provide financi... READ MORE