Today, three to five giant corporations control up to 80% of almost every industry and marketplace. These monopolies depress wages, exploit workers, and decimate small businesses. Stacy Mitchell from the Institute for Local Self Reliance has been a leader in a growing anti-monopoly movement with a broad political base. Can this emerging movement - along with bold federal antitrust action - create a force that can challenge corporate power for the first time in decades?
Featuring
Stacy Mitchell (stacymitchell.com/) , a Maine-based writer, strategist, and policy advocate whose work focuses on dismantling concentrated corporate power and building thriving communities and a healthy democracy, has played a leading role in today’s growing anti-monopoly movement. She is Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ilsr.org/) (ILSR) and the author of Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses (bookshop.org/p/books/big-box-...) , and co-author of the influential report: Amazon’s Stranglehold (ilsr.org/amazon-stranglehold/) .
Resources
Stacy Mitchell - Democracy vs. Big Tech: How We Can Win the Fight Against Monopoly Power | Bioneers 2024 Keynote (bioneers.org/stacy-mitchell-d...)
Democracy v. Plutocracy: Behind Every Great Fortune Lies a Great Crime (bioneers.org/democracy-vs-plu...)
Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reade (bioneers.org/bioneers-reader-...)
Credits
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Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel
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Written by: Kenny Ausubel
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Senior Producer and Station Relations: Stephanie Welch
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Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris
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Producer: Teo Grossman
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Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey
This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage (bioneers.org/bioneers-radio/) to learn more.
25 июн 2024
