Consumer Federation of California Awareness Campaign: THE 19 – ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?
The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) is leading an awareness campaign titled, “The 19 – Are You One of Them?” This campaign highlights the extreme concentration of wealth and market power among the 19 richest American households.
In America we now have unfettered wealth accumulation by a select few, destroying innovation and exacerbating income inequality both domestically and globally. CFC will showcase how monopolists, oligarchs and a handful of billionaires are driving the affordability crisis crippling the average American family.
An extractive and monopolistic economy built by the 19, for the 19: are you one of them? Learn more by registering to our upcoming webinar.
UPCOMING SEMINAR:
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PAST WEBINARS:
Session 6 – States and Cities: The New Vanguards of Consumer Protection | Webinar with Commissioner of the New York Department of Consumer & Worker Protection (DCWP) Sam Levine
When: June 18, 2026 at 1pm | View Recording Here
With the federal government actively hostile to antitrust, consumer protection, and corporate regulatory compliance, learn how states and cities are at the forefront of accountability, enforcement, and protecting consumers.
About the Speaker:
Sam Levine currently serves as the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer & Worker Protection (DCWP) to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Under his leadership, DCWP has spearheaded the Mamdani Administration’s affordability agenda by filing groundbreaking cases against lawbreaking corporations, implementing nation-leading consumer and worker protections, providing financial empowerment resources to New Yorkers, and delivering accessible licensing services that help small businesses open and thrive. Prior to his role as NYC DCWP Commissioner, Sam served as the Director of the Federal Trade Commissioner’s Bureau of Consumer Protection from 2021-25.
Session 5 – Consumer Harm: The Source of Market Power and Ways to Combat it | Seminar with Professor Mordecai Kurz
WHEN: Friday | May 8 at 12pm | View Recording Here
Guest Speaker: Professor Mordecai Kurz
A Joan Kenney Professor of Economics Emeritus at Stanford University. He served as the Director of Economics, The Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS) at Stanford University, from 1969 to 1989. He also served as a special economic advisor to President Carter’s Commission on Pension Policy in 1979. He has published widely across many fields of economic theory as well as numerous books, including his newest book, “Private Power and Democracy’s Decline: How to Make Capitalism Support Democracy.”
Session 4 – Consumer Harm: How Politics has Exacerbated Food Insecurity in California through Agricultural and Food Market Consolidation | Webinar with Kat Taylor
WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 2026 | View Recording HERE
Guest Speaker: Kat Taylor
Kat Taylor leads a variety of social enterprises, public benefit, and philanthropic ventures. She is the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution, whose mission is to bring beneficial banking to underrepresented communities in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. Taylor is also the co-owner of TomKat Ranch, a cattle ranch that uses ecologically sound practices and research to demonstrate, inspire, and proliferate the adoption of regenerative agriculture.
Session 3 – Consumer Harm: The Enshittification of Tech Caused by Market Consolidation | Seminar with Cory Doctorow
WHEN: Thursday, March 12, 2026 | View Recording HERE
Event co-sponsored by the Consumer Federation of California, Tech Equity, Economic Security CA Action, & Electronic Frontier Foundation
Guest Speaker: Cory Doctorow
Activist, Journalist, and Author of “Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It”
Session 2 – Consumer Harm: The Connection Between Market Consolidation and the Affordability Crisis | Webinar with Dr. Diana L. Moss
WHEN: Friday, February 13th, 12pm | View Recording Here
Guest Speaker: Dr. Diana L. Moss
Vice President and Director of Competition Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. Nationally recognized expert in competition policy and sector regulation.
Session 1 – How Politics Shaped Current Antimonopoly Law and the Broader Inequality of Wealth in America | Webinar with Professor Eric Posner
WHEN: Friday, January 26th, 12pm | view recording here
Guest Speaker: Eric Posner, JD
Kirkland and Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. Nationally recognized expert in corporate monopolies and antitrust issues.
