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#9: Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Your Social Wealth Dividend

#9: Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Your Social Wealth Dividend

FromCurrent Affairs


#9: Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Your Social Wealth Dividend

FromCurrent Affairs

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The People's Policy Project's Matt Bruenig enters the Lefty Shark Tank to pitch a social wealth fund and modern day trustbusters Lina Khan and Sandeep Vaheesan stop by to explain antitrust. (Plus, in between, the debut of the official Current Affairs Ben Shapiro diss track).
Read the People's Policy Projects full report on social wealth funds here. Read Matt's pitch for one in the New York Times here.
Vanessa's recent article on monopoly is here. Lina's groundbreaking Yale Law Review article on Amazon is here. Sandeep on worker power and monopoly is here. Barry Lynn's monopoly primer is here. Lina and Sandeep are out of the Open Markets Institute.
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Released:
Aug 30, 2018
Format:
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