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Some argue that market concentration in their sectors is inevitable. They say Canada's small population, vast geography, and global competition create natural monopolies—and that protecting their dominance is necessary to build globally competitive companies.But is that true?In this episode, the co-authors of the book The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians, Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar join me to talk about the realities of competition in Canada and the steps we need to take to inject more competition into the economy. They dug into Canada's competitive landscape and what they found may surprise you.  There are the commonly known challenges: we have three major telecommunications companies, five grocers, a few big banks, two major airlines and a train company.  But beyond these common stats, they found a competitive and corporate landscape that is reducing competition well beyond these big sectors. Concentration in half of Canadian Industries has increased by 40 per cent since 1998.In this episode, we learn about how competition has eroded and ways in which we can begin to inject more competition into the Canadian economy.About our guests:Vass BednarVass Bednar is the executive director of McMaster University's Master of Public Policy program. Her work focuses on the intersections between policy and the innovation ecosystem. She is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and writes the popular newsletter “regs to riches.” Vass is a contributing columnist at The Globe and Mail and the host of their podcast, Lately. She is the co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians with Denise Hearn. Denise HearnDenise Hearn is an author, applied researcher, and advisor who collaborates with governments, financial institutions, companies, and nonprofits on economic and climate policy and organizational strategy. She is currently a Resident Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, at Columbia University.Denise is co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians and The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition (named one of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2024). Denise's writing has been translated into 10 languages, and featured in publications such as: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Globe and Mail, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and The Washington Post.

In this episode, Conservative pundit Sabrina Maddeaux and economist Mike Moffatt analyze Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's policy record. How well did his government do on supporting the middle class? Mike and Sabrina discuss both successes and failures across various policies. They delve into housing supply issues, immigration policies, child benefits, market competition, and the implications of NAFTA 2.0, providing a comprehensive overview of the Trudeau government's impact on the middle class in Canada.Chapters:00:00 Introduction analyzing Trudeau's legacy on the middle class00:58 Analyzing Trudeau's legacy on the middle class02:08 Housing supply: successes and failures04:57 Immigration policies and their impact08:41 Mike defends 30 year mortgages12:20 Child benefits and family support 14:30 Market competition and oligopoly issues17:05 NAFTA 2.0: navigating trade challengesLinks:How Corporate Consolidation is Ruining Everything: Discussion with Denise Hearn and Vass BednarA million more non-permanent residents live in Canada than official figures say, ministers toldLabour force participation rate hits 27-year low, outside the pandemicMortgage, identity fraud rise in Canada as economic pressures mount: EquifaxImmigration is making Canada's housing more expensive. The government was warned 2 years agoHosted by Mike Moffatt & Cara Stern & Sabrina Maddeaux Produced by Meredith Martin This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation and brought to you by the Smart Prosperity Institute.

Many of Canada's problems can be traced back to its tolerance of corporate consolidation, leading to higher prices and lower wages, say Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar, co-authors of the book “The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians”.The authors join economist Mike Moffatt and journalist Cara Stern to discuss the implications of corporate consolidation in Canada, exploring how it creates an illusion of competition, affects consumer prices, and contributes to wage stagnation. They delve into the role of monopolies and monopsonies, the financialization of companies, and the challenges of market access for new businesses. The discussion also highlights potential policy solutions to enhance competition and the importance of consumer awareness in navigating these complex issues.Links: Buy “The Big Fix” bookPrivate Equity Is Gutting America — and Getting Away With ItHow Private Funds Could Hurt Americans Under TrumpHosted by Mike Moffatt & Cara Stern & Sabrina Maddeaux Produced by Meredith Martin This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation and brought to you by the Smart Prosperity Institute.

On the Saturday November 30, 2024 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Ronnie Shuker, author, editor, freelance writer, and an editor-at-large for The Hockey News. He has traveled to places such as North Korea, Chernobyl, Transnistria, and the Himalayas, where he took part in the Guinness World Record for the highest altitude hockey game ever played. He stayed closer to home for his new book, “The Country and the Game: 30,000 Miles of Hockey Stories.” In the waning days of the pandemic, sportswriter Ronnie Shuker stuffed his skates, sticks, and backpack into his faithful automobile, Gumpy, named for legendary goaltender Gump Worsley, and set off on a 30,000-mile, coast-to-coast-to-coast investigation of the many ways hockey touches the lives of Canadians. Then, we'll meet Vass Bednar is the executive director of McMaster University's Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program, a contributing columnist to The Globe and Mail, and the host of its podcast Lately. Today we talk about her new book “The Big Fix,” co-authored with Denise Hearn. The book examines how corporate concentration is growing across many industries, leading to higher prices for consumers, lower worker's wages, more inequality, fewer startups, less innovation, and lower growth and productivity. 

On the Saturday November 30, 2024 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Ronnie Shuker, author, editor, freelance writer, and an editor-at-large for The Hockey News. He has traveled to places such as North Korea, Chernobyl, Transnistria, and the Himalayas, where he took part in the Guinness World Record for the highest altitude hockey game ever played. He stayed closer to home for his new book, “The Country and the Game: 30,000 Miles of Hockey Stories.” In the waning days of the pandemic, sportswriter Ronnie Shuker stuffed his skates, sticks, and backpack into his faithful automobile, Gumpy, named for legendary goaltender Gump Worsley, and set off on a 30,000-mile, coast-to-coast-to-coast investigation of the many ways hockey touches the lives of Canadians. Then, we'll meet Vass Bednar is the executive director of McMaster University's Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program, a contributing columnist to The Globe and Mail, and the host of its podcast Lately. Today we talk about her new book “The Big Fix,” co-authored with Denise Hearn. The book examines how corporate concentration is growing across many industries, leading to higher prices for consumers, lower worker's wages, more inequality, fewer startups, less innovation, and lower growth and productivity.

If you're living in Canada and you have a cell phone plan, or a bank account, or have taken a flight recently, or struggle to afford groceries, you already know how expensive and dysfunctional the country has gotten for consumers. Our guests on the podcast today have written a book about the rise of corporate monopolies (and duopolies and oligopolies) — and, as they write, this market concentration “goes well beyond the usual suspects.”Vass Bednar is the executive director of McMaster University's Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program, a contributing columnist to The Globe and Mail, and the host of its podcast Lately. Denise Hearn is a resident senior fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment at Columbia University. Their new book, for the McGill Max Bell Lectures, is The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians.You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com

Canada is full of corporations consolidating market power, from grocery stores to internet providers to movie theatres. And people are starting to notice.  Sometimes it's obvious, and sometimes less so. Paul was surprised, for instance, to find luxury cookware brand Paderno at Canadian Tire – until he realized it's one of many brands that Canadian Tire owns.  In their book The Big Fix, Vass Bednar and Denise Hearn talk about how markets in Canada became increasingly dominated by a handful of huge companies, why it harms us, and what to do about it. 

The terms "competition" and "productivity" have filled the minds of policy analysts and economists in recent years. But, what does it all mean for Canadian consumers? Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar wrote about how capitalism has actually hurt consumers in their new book, "The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians." They join Steve Paikin to discuss more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guests: Nazem Kadri - NHL player for the Calgary Flames / first Muslim hockey player to win the Stanley Cup/ Author - "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge” Denise Hearn - Co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians" Keith Baldrey - Global BC's Legislature Bureau Chief Jake Fuss - Director of Fiscal Studies for the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've probably heard—from politicians, experts or even just friends and family—that "Canada is broken". Everyone can draw their own conclusions about that, but there's no denying some key aspects of the country aren't working well for many of us. And complaining about that is easy, it's fixing it that's the tough part. This week, The Big Story is trying to do that with Fixing Canada—a five-part series featuring deep dives into five issues that touch every Canadian, looking to experts to diagnose the problem—but most importantly, to prescribe the cure.Today we're talking about competition. Or rather, Canada's lack of it. You may have noticed consolidation in high-profile sectors like groceries or telecommunications. But the problem goes well beyond that. Right now competition is vanishing in sectors like medical technology, funeral services and even veterinary care. How do we get it back? Guests: Vass Bednar and Denise Hearn, authors of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians, available for pre-order here We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or by calling 416-935-5935 and leaving us a voicemailOr @thebigstoryfpn on Twitter

Is Canada ready to get serious about tackling monopolies and oligopolies?You've heard it before, the old joke that Canada is three telecom companies in a trench coat. Or airlines. Or grocery stores. You've probably heard it here before. That's because Canada has a monopoly and oligopoly problem – and it has for a long time.The United States has long faced its own challenges with market concentration — and for or once, Canada might not be too far behind.To understand the state and future of competition in this country, we ask: Is Canada ready to get serious about tackling monopolies and oligopolies?On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Denise Hearn, writer, applied researcher, and c0-author of the upcoming book The Big Fix, which is out this October.

This month, people across Canada are boycotting Loblaw and its affiliated stores, thanks to momentum from a popular sub-reddit. It's a sweeping revolt but it isn't just about sticker shock, bread fixing and Galen Weston's folksy image. It's about how your friendly neighbourhood grocer turned into Amazon, and why Canada is struggling to adapt to the new competitive era.Our guest is Denise Hearn, a researcher who looks at how economic power shapes our world. Hearn is a resident senior fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, and she coauthored The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition. She and Vass are the 2024 McGill Max Bell Lecturers and will publish their book on corporate power in Canada this fall.Also, Vass and Katrina talk about crowdsourcing the title of the aforementioned book in progress.This is Lately. Every week, we take a deep dive into the big, defining trends in business and tech that are reshaping our every day. Lately is a Globe and Mail podcast.Our executive producer is Katrina Onstad.The show is hosted by Vass Bednar and produced by Andrea Varsany. Our sound designer is Cameron McIver.Subscribe to the Lately newsletter, where we unpack more of the latest in business and technology.Find the transcript of today's episode here.Survey alert! We want to know about you and what you'd like to hear on Lately. Please go to latelysurvey.ca to fill out a brief survey (less than five minutes, we promise!) and we'll enter your name to win one of three gift cards you can use to shop online. We'd love to hear from you.

This Talk is sold out, but you can join us for the livestream on 1/23 Economic policy can seem abstract and distant, but it manifests the physical world – affecting us all. Our economic stories shape our systems, and they in turn shape us. What myths continue to constrain us, and how might new stories emerge to scaffold the future? This talk will explore concepts we often take as gospel: profits, competition, economic value, efficiency, and others -- and asks how we might reshape them to better serve planetary flourishing –today, and well into the future.

This Talk is sold out, but you can join us for the livestream on 1/23 Economic policy can seem abstract and distant, but it manifests the physical world – affecting us all. Our economic stories shape our systems, and they in turn shape us. What myths continue to constrain us, and how might new stories emerge to scaffold the future? This talk will explore concepts we often take as gospel: profits, competition, economic value, efficiency, and others -- and asks how we might reshape them to better serve planetary flourishing –today, and well into the future.

When antitrust laws were first established in America, they functioned as a direct assertion that private institutions and individuals should not control democracy. But what is the state of competition and antitrust today? And what are the tools we have at our disposal to curb the most egregious excesses of private firms? Here to help us unpack the complex topic is Denise Hearn, a writer, applied researcher, and advisor specializing in how economic power and paradigms shape our world.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/denise-hearn/A new cohort of the Next Economy MBA begins March 26th. Learn more at lifteconomy.com/mba and use discount code PODCASTMBA to save 10% on tuition. My Fair Money is an 8-part podcast series by 2 Degrees Impact Investing that offers a comprehensive exploration of green finance and impact investing. The podcast delivers expert insights to elevate savings while making a positive societal impact. Tune in to gain practical knowledge and actionable advice, empowering you to align financial goals with environmental and social responsibility. Listen now: https://bit.ly/myfairmoney

Wander into any small town in the US and you'll find "a Subway, a Bank of America and some private-equity-owned retail chain".Denise Hearn, co-author (with Jonathan Tepper) of The Myth of Capitalism (the Financial Times Book of the Year in 2018), explains how corporate monopolies are not only killing competition, choice and diversity, but weakening the economy. This thought-provoking interview with the influential Seattle-based writer and campaigner is well worth a listen.For more information on the Advanced Valuation in Financial Markets course mentioned by Russell, please see www.didaskoeducation.org.

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Philip spends time with the Denise Hearn, advisor, author, and project catalyzer. Denise is the co-author of The Myth of Capitalism and publishes regularly on her platform Embodied Economics. In their conversation they tackle the mythology of capitalism, how it effects current policy and imagination and what (if anything) can be done about it. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip's Drop: Industry (HBO Max)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7671070/ Denise's Drop: Half Moon Run  https://www.halfmoonrun.com/ Embodied Economics  https://embodied-economics.ghost.io/

On this episode, Nate discusses competition reform in Canada with a panel of guests made up of Vass Bednar, Robin Shaban and Denise Hearn. All three have recently spoken at the House of Commons Industry Committee, and have stressed that competition reform should be a priority for our government. Denise Hearn is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and co-lead of the Access to Markets initiative. She also serves as Board Chair of The Predistribution Initiative which aims to improve investment structures and practices to address systemic risks like inequality, biodiversity loss, and climate change.Vass Bednar is a public policy entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology and public policy. Her work is interdisciplinary with a focus on ensuring that we have the regulatory structures we need to embrace the future of work and new ways of living.  She has held leadership roles at Delphia, Airbnb, Queen's Park, the City of Toronto, and the University of Toronto.Robin Shaban is the co-founder and senior economist of Vivic Research, an economic consulting firm serving advocates, think tanks, governments, labour unions, and other agents engaged in the development of public policy. They are also a co-founder and director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP), which advocates for policy conducive to a more democratic economy

Economist Denise Hearn joins me for an in-depth conversation that delves into the many faces of the economy and value—we discuss the slippery definitions of wealth, cognitive awareness, and how these concepts relate to the individual.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDenise's Twitter: https://twitter.com/denisehearn_Denise's Newsletter: https://embodied-economics.ghost.io PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Introducing Denise's Work on Anti-Monopoly00:03:12 Traditional Proxies of Economic Value and Power00:10:10 Downward and Upward Causations in Markets00:14:55 Internal Influences External: How Societal Values Shape Cities00:21:21 A Blind Man and a Moth: Extending the Cognitive World Beyond the Human Body00:28:22 Deciphering Real and Unreal in a World of Schrödinger's Cat00:35:05 Using Rational Choice Theory Why Would Someone Buy a Purse Made of Trash?00:41:52 Dissecting Physical Power and Political Power00:48:34 Growthless Asset Maximization: How Companies Make Money00:53:49 Concentrated Industries and Monopoly Puts Power in Fewer Hands00:57:58 Is it too Simplistic to Create Policies Around a Core Productivity Metric?01:05:28 Incentivizing Consumption By Placing a Tax on Currency01:11:06 Centralization and Decentralization: The Systole and Diastole of Human History01:18:28 Bitcoin Incentivizes Wealth Acquisition via Self-Production01:22:23 Are Bitcoin and Smart Contracts a Window to a New Governance Model?01:27:47 NYDIG01:28:54 “Bitcoin is Optimized for the Self-Interest of Holders”01:33:05 Trust as a Concept for the Meta-Narratives of Our System01:43:08 Do We Act Out of Self-Interest or for the Collective Benefit?01:47:57 How Would We Implement the Building Blocks of an Optimized Collective?01:52:44 Identifying the Proxy for Wealth as Knowledge and Capital02:00:09 Measuring Productivity and the Individual: Is it still of Value if it is Unseen?02:04:44 Is Life Happening Within a Simulation02:11:08 Questioning Life Detracts from What it Means to Be Alive02:16:02 "What is Money?" OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

For all the good that impact investors claim to be doing, it behooves us to consider what harm we might be causing in the process and whether, ultimately, we're doing more damage than good. After all, impact investing is still investing. It exists within the current framework of free-market Capitalism. And as the deep fractures in that system have been laid bare, it only makes sense to ask ourselves what systemic changes are required to bring about true and lasting equality.And while many people are beginning to discuss how Capitalism can be improved, or even whether it is salvageable, today's guest is exploring even more fundamental questions about our understanding of economics. After all, it shouldn't surprise us when our financial systems fail us if those systems are built off a flawed understanding of economics.Enter today's guest, thought-leader, advisor, and author, Denise Hearn. Denise joins us today to discuss her new blog Embodied Economics, which is, in her own words, an exploration of “economic paradigms and financial systems through, Nature, Body, Power, Care, and Interconnectedness”.In Denise's first blog post, she asks us to consider “What is life? What is economic value?” On the surface, these are easy questions to answer yet the better we understand these terms, the more difficult they become to define. Denise argues that economics for too long has operated in the theoretical realm, divorcing itself from the realities of life. If economics is to serve us better, it must be understood in the following context:(once again in Denise's words) “to be human is to be a living, embodied person, embedded in nature and a complex tapestry of relationships.”In this episode, Denise and I discuss the intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual inquiry that is Embodied Economics. We discuss how we can better understand economic value, what she calls the Forgotten Five of Economics (body, nature, care, power, and interconnectedness), a simple way to grow global GDP by 10% overnight, her book The Myth of Capitalism, and her work on anti-competitiveness. And be sure to stay tuned to the very end when Denise and I discuss her thoughts on how she and each of us can affect meaningful change.Resources from this episode:Denise's websiteEmbodied Economics blog (you should definitely subscribe!)Denise's book The Myth of CapitalismDenise's LinkedIn Profile*** A message from our episode sponsor, Spring Activator: On a mission to change the world through innovation, Sring Activator is working to make impact investing mainstream. Their signature Impact Investor Challenge program exists to grow the size and diversity of the impact investor community, and also to stimulate funding for innovative solutions across impact-oriented industries. Think climate solutions, health tech, food innovation, gender lens approaches, and more.The program empowers and equips individuals to invest in what they value, catalyzing the flow of impact capital and accelerating the success of purpose-driven entrepreneurs. This in turn helps solve pressing global and local challenges. It also builds a community of like-minded changemakers. Are you looking to be part of such a community, meet impact startups, and be guided into making impact investments? If so, I invite you to visit www.spring.is today to learn more about the comprehensive and value-packed Impact Investor Challenge program.***

We launch Season 2 with a panel discussion of the US Department of Justice bid to block the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster.  Elaine Dewar (author of The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational), and Jonathan Tepper (author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, with Denise Hearn), discussing the DOJ's bid to stop a merger that would change the landscape of publishing.

WELCOME BACK!!! I'm excited to kick off season two with a review of a book i'm *currently reading called The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition by Jonathan Tepper with Denise Hearn. this book is an in-depth look on how industry concentration benefits those who control the industry and alienates the average worker from truly engaging in healthy competitive employments markets. industry concentration effects everyone, regardless of how politically charged this may seem, so i highly encourage checking out this book so we can talk through it together! part two will be a review on the remedies the authors offer us, so i'm excited to keep reading! lots of love Book: The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition x Jonathan Tepper & Denise Hearn --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

with guest David Harlley of Third Way Capital. What is the responsibility of a business? Is it solely to make a profit, as economist Milton Friedman suggested in the seventies? Or is there more nuance to how businesses can interact with society, culture, and even poverty? In this episode, David Harlley, CEO of Third Way Capital, dives deep into the idea of “impact investing”. If you're not familiar with that term, don't worry! It only hit the mainstream a few years ago. David breaks the concept down into easy to digest chunks that inspire action and push us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about business. When business and investing are done properly, they can be exactly what the world needs to tackle poverty. Recommended Resources: https://www.amazon.ca/Completing-Capitalism-Heal-Business-World/dp/1626569274 (Completing Capitalism) by Bruno Roche and Jay Jakub https://www.amazon.ca/Myth-Capitalism-Monopolies-Death-Competition/dp/1119548195 (The Myth of Capitalism) by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn http://www.dogoodbusiness.net/ (Do Good Business blog) (David's blog) Episode hosted by Shelaine and Eric. Support this podcast

This week we discuss Harry and Meghan's book deal and the trials and tribulations in writing narrative non-fiction. TRF's royal watchers, Brand Manager Anne Sampson and agent Kathryn Willms discuss Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, while our panel discussion features non-fiction writers Timothy Christian (author of the forthcoming Hemingway's Widow), Elaine Dewar (author of the just-released On the Origin of Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years: An Investigation), and Jonathan Tepper (author of The Myth of Capitalism with Denise Hearn), discussing the art of narrative non-fiction.

In this episode of the speaker series, the Voiz students (Carrie Kim, Iman Ismail) are joined by Denise Hearn, co-author of the book “The Myth of Capitalism” and senior fellow of the American Economic Liberties Project. Together, we discuss the way that monopolies developed in America, the impacts they have, and different perspectives that we can view these monopolies from. Is capitalism something that can be reformed or something that needs to be torn down? How can we categorize our societies battling beliefs in how our world should be run? Learn more about the Algorithmic League: https://www.ajl.org/ Connect with Denise Hearn here: https://www.denisehearn.com/ https://twitter.com/denisehearn_ Keep Up With Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voiz.sustainability/ Website: https://www.voizreviews.com/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@voizsustainability LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/voizreviews Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYB-a_3OIzZu7c4fia9BhLQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voizsustainability/

This episode explores how the market structure has changed over the past decades to become more institutionalised. While institutional investors have been able to take advantage of their size to negotiate improved corporate governance reforms from companies, they are also under pressure to efficiently deploy large sums of capital, contributing to asset manager consolidation and, therefore, corporate consolidation. Such consolidation can have several negative impacts, such as squeezing out diverse and emerging fund managers and SMEs, monopsony dynamics, reduced innovation, and erosion of the quality and affordability of goods and services, and poor investment diversification opportunity, which in turn contributes to procyclical investment behaviour and increased systematic risk. The episode concludes with ideas for how institutional investors can de-consolidate their capital flows to contribute to a healthier real economy and market.All views expressed on this podcast are subject to change and do not necessarily reflect the views of Conexus Financial. This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be relied upon as investment advice.

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Denise Hearn about the most significant opportunities and concerns with capitalism, the need for ESG and corporate governance to evolve, and the ideas behind her new project, Embodied Economics.We discuss:- How monopoly, competition dynamics, and instrumentalist thinking affect ESG investing- Ways ESG investing has been shaped by the pandemic- The problem with the idealized, abstract, self-interested logic of economics- What good corporate regulation looks like in a contentious political climateDenise Hearn is co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition—named one of the Financial Times’ Best Books of 2018 and endorsed by two Nobel Prize winners. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and a thought partner to SheEO. She is also Board Chair of The Predistribution Initiative—a multi-stakeholder project to improve investment structures and practices to address systemic risks like inequality and climate change. Denise helped launch the First Principles Forum, a platform to support and challenge technology company founders who want to use their wealth for good—now housed at Stanford's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She has an MBA from the Oxford Saïd Business School, where she co-chaired the Social Impact Oxford Business Network and has a BA in International Studies from Baylor University.

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Denise Hearn about the most significant opportunities and concerns with capitalism, the need for ESG and corporate governance to evolve, and the ideas behind her new project, Embodied Economics.We discuss:- How monopoly, competition dynamics, and instrumentalist thinking affect ESG investing- Ways ESG investing has been shaped by the pandemic- The problem with the idealized, abstract, self-interested logic of economics- What good corporate regulation looks like in a contentious political climateDenise Hearn is co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition—named one of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2018 and endorsed by two Nobel Prize winners. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and a thought partner to SheEO. She is also Board Chair of The Predistribution Initiative—a multi-stakeholder project to improve investment structures and practices to address systemic risks like inequality and climate change. Denise helped launch the First Principles Forum, a platform to support and challenge technology company founders who want to use their wealth for good—now housed at Stanford's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She has an MBA from the Oxford Saïd Business School, where she co-chaired the Social Impact Oxford Business Network and has a BA in International Studies from Baylor University.

“This is a really profound crisis. It’s a crisis of an old form of production and consumption in the economy. It’s the crisis of its sources of energy, its means of transportation, and also a crisis of the social, racial and gendered hierarchies that have sort of underpinned the economy for as long as we can remember.” - Katrine Marçal   Join Katrine Marçal + Denise Hearn in this special Learning Circle edition of the SheEO.World podcast, as they discuss the current economic crisis and its specific impact on women. Katrine is an award winning author, and an international keynote speaker on the economic impact of women. Denise is an advisor, author, and speaker who works with organizations who want to support a more equitable future. In this podcast they show we can flip the narrative of traditional economics and take the opportunity to rebuild using the most foundational elements of human experience.   They also touch on: The “forgotten five” elements of human experience Women's work in the care industry The concept of equal pay for work of equal worth Organizing an economic system around the needs of the body And how the structure we live under has privileged certain types of power over others We invite you to join us as an Activator at SheEO.World. Take action and engage with Katrine Marçal: https://www.instagram.com/katrinemarcal https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrine-marcal https://twitter.com/katrinemarcal and Denise Hearn: https://twitter.com/denisehearn_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisehearn/ https://www.denisehearn.com

This year, thanks to a grant from the Enid & Crosby Kemper Foundation and members like you, Strong Towns has taken an in-depth look at the growth of Kansas City, Missouri and the financial ramifications of its development pattern. The series was based on a detailed survey of Kansas City’s fiscal geography—its sources of tax revenue and its major expenses, its street network and historical development patterns—conducted by geoanalytics firm Urban3. The series comprises ten articles in all, as well as several related podcasts. Several articles have now been compiled into a new ebook, which was released today. What makes Kansas City such a powerful case study is not that it is an outlier among North American cities. Quite the opposite. Kansas City may no longer have the most freeway miles per capita (they were recently edged out by Nashville), but it is still a powerful object lesson in how the suburban experiment—the conventional approach to building towns and cities since the 1950s—drains wealth, squanders precious financial resources, and makes our communities fragile. And yet, as our senior editor, Daniel Herriges, wrote in the series conclusion, Kansas City also has everything it needs to turn this ill-conceived experiment around. But will it? In this special episode of Upzoned, we’re turning the tables: Daniel is interviewing regular host Abby Kinney, an urban planner in Kansas City, as well as special guest Kevin Klinkenberg, an urban designer and the executive director of Midtown KC Now. The three of them discuss how COVID-19 has illuminated and intensified Kansas City’s budget woes, the city’s biggest near-term challenges, and why Kansas City must now take care of four times the infrastructure it had 70 years ago...with relatively the same number of people. But they also talk about the winds of change blowing in Kansas City—including reasons to hope that a city once known as the “Paris of the Plains” is rediscovering the joys and virtues of the “chaotic but smart” approach to city-building. Yes, Kansas City has been the poster child for the suburban experiment. Yet it could also be a model for how North American cities can change course and start building strong and more financially resilient places again. Then in the Downzone, Daniel talks about the work he and his wife are doing to convert their carport into a front porch perfect for mild Sarasota winters. Kevin recommends—as Chuck Marohn and Abby did before him—The Myth of Capitalism, coauthored by Denise Hearn, a recent guest on the Strong Towns podcast. And Abby recommends a recent article by Kevin Klinkenberg in The American Conservative, “After COVID, a Bright Future for American Cities.” Additional Show Notes Strong Towns Kansas City Series “Worse Than Great Recession? Pandemic May Force Kansas City To Change Expensive Ways” (KCUR) “Kansas City: Car City, USA,” by Kevin Klinkenberg Kevin Klinkenberg (Website) Kevin Klinkenberg (Twitter) Midtown KC Now (Website) Midtown KC Now (Twitter) Abby Kinney (Twitter) Daniel Herriges (Twitter) Gould Evans Studio for City Design Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom (Soundcloud)

Earlier this year, The Economist ran a piece making the case that the West’s “obsession” with home ownership “undermines growth, fairness and public faith in capitalism.” The roots for this go back to a shift in public policy in the 1950s to encourage home ownership over renting. The benefits of home ownership, writes the author, are overblown. What’s more, the “cult of owner-occupation has huge costs. Those who own homes often become NIMBYs who resist development in an effort to protect their investments.” This article is the topic of discussion on today’s episode of Upzoned, with host Abby Kinney, an urban planner in Kansas City, and regular cohost Chuck Marohn, the founder and president of Strong Towns. Abby and Chuck discuss whether there really is an infatuation with home ownership in the United States, and what effect that infatuation may be having on the housing crisis and economic inequality. They talk about the role of home ownership in giving residents a stake in creating wealth and stability. And they discuss why it’s important to resist oversimplifying the phenomena of housing unaffordability. Then in the Downzone, Chuck talks about finally finishing Union, by Colin Woodard, a great book he started before his accident. And Abby recommends The Myth of Capitalism, co-authored by Denise Hearn, who was also a guest on Monday’s episode of the Strong Towns podcast. Additional Show Notes “Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake” (The Economist) Abby Kinney (Twitter) Charles Marohn (Twitter) Gould Evans Studio for City Design Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom (Soundcloud) Further reading from Strong Towns on the housing crisis “What Can Hives and Barnacles Teach Us About Solving a Housing Crisis?” by Patrick Condon “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Housing Prices” (Podcast) “Could This Bottom-Up Method to Address the Housing Crisis Work Where You Live Too?” by Rachel Quednau “Want to make housing more affordable? Start by designing neighborhoods, not just buildings.” by Quint Studer “We Used to Just Call These Houses,” by Daniel Herriges

Every year, Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn releases a list of the best books he read that year. Past lists have included books that shaped the Strong Towns conversation in profound ways: Chris Arnade’s Dignity (2019), Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind (2017), Cognitive Architecture, by Ann Sussmann and Justin Hollander (2017), and Tomas Sedlacek’s Economics of Good and Evil (2016), to name just a few. Spoiler alert: 2020’s list will include The Myth of Capitalism, coauthored by Denise Hearn, this week’s guest on The Strong Towns Podcast. Hearn is a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and an advisor to organizations, asset managers, and companies who want to use their resources to support a more equitable future. In the introduction to The Myth of Capitalism, Hearn and her coauthor, Jonathan Tepper, write that capitalism has been “the greatest system in history to lift people out of poverty and create wealth.” Yet the “capitalism” we see in the U.S. today is so misshapen it hardly qualifies. “The battle for competition is being lost. Industries are becoming highly concentrated in the hands of very few players, with little real competition.” Capitalism without competition, they say, is not capitalism. If you believe in competitive markets, you should be very concerned. If you believe in fair play and hate cronyism, you should be worried. With fake capitalism CEOs cozy up to regulators to get the kind of rules they want and donate to get the laws they desire. Larger companies get larger, while the small disappear, and the consumer and worker are left with no choice. In this episode, Marohn and Hearn discuss why reduced competition—in the form of monopolies, duopolies, and oligopolies—hurts us not only as consumers and workers but as citizens and community members. They talk about the collusion (both direct and tacit) that consolidates wealth and power into fewer hands. And they discuss what our economic systems must learn from natural systems, including the role of competition and the importance of “habitat maintenance.” (Fans of Jane Jacobs' The Nature of Economies will love this part.) Ending on a hopeful note, Marohn and Hearn also discuss the convergence, across industries, of new conversations about how to build stronger towns and stronger economies from the bottom-up. Additional Show Notes: The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, by Jonathan Tepper with Denise Hearn Denise Hearn (Twitter) Denise Hearn (Website) “My Journey from Free Market Ideologue to Strong Towns Advocate,” by Charles Marohn The Ultimate Strong Towns Reading List  

Denise Hearn takes us into the world of liminality straddling the worlds of grammar and poetry. She talks about transcending paradigms, taking comfort in the paradoxical nature of life, and tapping into life force energy to find fulfillment in our daily work.

Last week, Jason Segedy, the director of planning and urban development for the City of Akron, Ohio, published a piece in The American Conservative called “Towards a More Inclusive Urbanism.” Segedy contends that too much of the urbanist conversation is permeated with “an unmistakable strain of elitism.” It emanates from, is focused on, and takes as its model “front-row cities,” where issues like high housing costs, rent control, NIMBY-ism, and rail transit are among the most-discussed topics. At the same time, urbanism tends to be “dismissive of disinvested and economically challenged places,” the back-row cities. He writes: The most widely read and disseminated urbanist thinking around urban design and public policy has little or nothing to say about heavily disinvested places. It is written mostly by, and for, people who live in economically successful places. This week on Upzoned, host Abby Kinney and regular co-host Chuck Marohn discuss Segedy’s article. They talk about why good planning looks more like social work than a kinder-gentler Robert Moses, what front-row and back-row cities have in common, and why urban planners go astray when they try to please other urbanists instead of responding to the needs of people. They also describe an option that goes beyond the conventional choices of Top-Down Beautiful or Top-Down Pragmatic. “We can’t micromanage great urban design into existence,” says Abby, an urban planner in Kansas City. “It needs to happen naturally.” Then in Downzone, Chuck recommends The Myth of Capitalism by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn. (Hearn will be a guest on an upcoming episode of the Strong Towns podcast, which recently returned from hiatus.)  And Abby recommends two articles by Mark Manson as well as a recent episode of James Howard Kunstler’s Kunstlercast. Additional Show Notes “Towards a More Inclusive Urbanism,” by Jason Segedy Abby Kinney (Twitter) Charles Marohn (Twitter) Gould Evans Studio for City Design Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom (Soundcloud) Related reading from Strong Towns “Why Urban Design Should Come from the Bottom Up,” by Nolan Gray (Part 1 | Part 2) “A Reminder for Planners: ‘Every Projection Is Wrong,’” by Daniel Herriges “6 Rules for Unlocking the Potential of Mid-Sized Cities,” by Dennis Strait and Abby Kinney “The Living City vs. the Mechanical City,” by Andrew Price “The Dignity of Local Community: A Conversation with Chris Arnade” (Podcast)

In Episode 50, Alex Proimos speaks with Denise Hearn, co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition. This episode discusses monopolies and the myth of capitalism, the intersection of politics, lobbying and regulation and their impact on competition, and the link with inequality and the social unrest that we are witnessing around the world. You can find more at mythofcapitalism.com

Are you an airline that dominates all the flights at a particular airport (e.g. Delta in Atlanta)? Are you a global beer conglomerate that controls half the beer brands on the planet? Or, are you a gloomy corporate type that owns half the funeral parlors in America? If so, then YOU might be an oligopolist.    No, this isn’t a new Jeff Foxworthy routine with a decidedly Econ 101 vibe—it’s a conversation with Denise Hearn (co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition) about the limits of competition in our market economy.    How does this relate to money and happiness? Well, it’s yet another gut-check for us to examine the world in which we live and to question the narratives that drive our lives. Is America really a meritocracy? Are our markets really free? Is Paul's success a product of his hard work or the result of having truly fabulous hair? If nothing else, asking these questions will make us more aware of the forces that shape our lives, for better or worse. Also, you’ll get to hear Paul make healthcare jokes so insanely dumb that his guest doesn’t know whether to laugh with him or at him.     You will not need a PhD in economics to follow the conversation. All you need to remember is that feeling you feel when you realize a roundtrip ticket to Cincinnati (a market dominated by Delta) is $700, but a ticket to market also served by Southwest Airlines is $114.     Denise Hearn's writing has been featured in publications like the The Washington Post, Quartz, and The Globe and Mail. She has presented to over 50,000 people around the world at venues including the Oxford Union, Bloomberg, and the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club. She holds an MBA from the Oxford's Saïd Business School where she co-chaired the Social Impact Oxford Business network, and has a BA in International Studies from Baylor University. She resides in Seattle with her husband, and enjoyed hiking, singing and breaking conversational norms at parties. (Ha!)   Learn more about Denise on her website.  Find out more about Crazy Money and Paul Ollinger on his website and/or follow him on the socials:  • Twitter: http://Twitter.com/Paul_Ollinger • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_ollinger/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulOllinger/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulollinger/ Produced and edited by Mike Carano If I were you, I would have stopped reading way up above the links to my social accounts, but you're still here. Why? Don’t you have anything more interesting to do? Well, while you’re here, email me on paul@crazymoneypodcast.com to suggest future guests or to tell me the best thing that’s happened to you since March 15 and I’ll mention it on next week’s show. (Just putting that here means I’m going to get spammed by a bunch of hackers from former Soviet republics.)   Okay, really. Go do something. Listen to another one of my interviews. Or write a kind review of the show taking care to mention my rare combination of intellect, wit, and humility.    Have a good day. 

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Kan man behandla konsumenter hursomhelst? Ja, nästan. Eftersom allt fler marknader i dag i praktiken är monopol. Techbolag, flygbolag, friskoleföretag och banker. Dagens kapitalism är de stora företagens kapitalism, menar ekonomerna Denise Hearn och Jonathan Tepper i sin bok The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition. Katrine testar att handla enbart från små företag, men hon misslyckas efter bara en dryg vecka. Och Maria undrar: är det trots allt ändå inte rätt bra med stora företag?

Today's interview was done at a Tech2025 event where participants were asked to think about wealth and the present state of the US and Global economy. I spoke to Denise Hearn, author of "The Myth of Capitalism" about the trend towards Oligopoly and its causes. Also included are discussions about the definition of capitalism, the definition of wealth, the price of a free good, regulatory capture, and the role of our monetary system in distorting the economy. localmaxradio.com/62 https://www.mythofcapitalism.com/

Think you live and work in a free-market economy? It’s a delusion. From the United States to Australia, and whether about beer, banking or Big Tech, consumers have been sold a turkey. Monopoly and oligopoly corporations dictate our choices, how much we pay for products and services and how little we earn. After more than a generation of monopolies rising and regulatory capture, faux free-market capitalism is getting the scrutiny it deserves. Will the 1 per cent continue to resist reform or embrace it? In this podcast, The Myth of Capitalism co-author, Denise Hearn and Little Fish host, Sandy Plunkett discuss how capitalism can get its groove back and work for the 99 per cent. “If we define capitalism as competitive free markets, that is not the capitalism that exists in today’s universe… we are in a situation where most industries are dominated by a handful of very large companies. Beer and airlines and banking, most people are aware of those. But what we found is that (concentration of industrial power) is incredibly pervasive in areas that are not intuitive like funeral services, eye glasses or kidney dialysis. The list of industries that are concentrated is just endless.” Denise Hearn, co-author, The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition

It's another book club! This time up we dive into Myth of Capitalism by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn. It's alllllllll about monopolies and their devastating effect on the U.S. economy. Stick around because Amos takes some time to update Monopoly for the 21st Century with brand new Chance and Community Chest cards. Email: Mountain2Mountainpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @Mountain2M Facebook: @Mountain2Mtn YouTube: Mountain2MountainPodcast Listen Notes: www.listennotes.com/c/d667166380b74…ntain2mountain/

Host Jini Palmer speaks with Megan Castillo, Town Hall's Community Engagement Manager, about our community's responses on social media about favorite Town Hall moments (2:15). Jini and Steve highlight a selection of interviews which didn't make it into previous episodes. Speakers include: Blair Imani with Monica Guzman (31:25); Arnie Duncan with Steve Scher (33:28); Denise Hearn with Alex Gallo-Brown (37:58); Rob Reich with Steve Scher (40:10); Randy Shaw with Tammy Morales (44:44); David Reich with Steve Scher (47:19); David Hu with Grace Hamilton (51:41); and Michael Hebb with Lesley Hazleton (53:27). Get an insider's look and stay in the know about what's going on in this moment at Town Hall.

You might think the United States is a dynamic, free market economy - but you'd be wrong.In their new book The Myth of Capitalism, Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn show convincingly that modern America is actually characterised by "ersatz capitalism", with a few big players dominating swathes of the economy, capturing regulators and screwing over consumers into the bargain.CapX Deputy Editor John Ashmore sat down with Jonathan to discuss the way out of America's malaise, the impact of oligopoly capitalism on Western society and whether there's cause to be optimistic about the future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Many Americans envision capitalism as a driving ideal of our country, but some economists contend that a few digital monopolies have risen to restrict our nation’s capitalist ideals and act as gatekeepers to the free market. Economist author Jonathan Tepper and Business Development manager Denise Hearn took Town Hall’s stage to tackle issues of growing economic inequality. They presented perspectives from their book The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, asserting that the U.S. has gone from an open, competitive marketplace to an economy where a few very powerful companies dominate key industries that affect our daily lives. Tepper and Hearn were joined by panelists: Nick Hanauer, co-founder and partner in venture capital firm Second Avenue Partners; John Perkins, Chief Economist as a major international consulting firm and adviser to World Bank, the United Nations, the U.S. Treasury Department; Rachel Lauter, executive director of Working Washington and the Fair Work Center; and Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai, executive director of Puget Sound Sage. Together they discussed solutions, suggesting vigorous anti-trust enforcement to return America to a period where competition created higher economic growth, more jobs, higher wages and a level playing field for all. Sit in for an essential conversation on all things capitalism in America—from anemic economic growth to declining start-up success rates—and why workers are losing out. Recorded live at The Collective by Town Hall Seattle on Thursday, November 29, 2018. 

“Capitalism without competition is not capitalism”.  That is the fundamental and irrefutable premise of a new book by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn, The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, named one of the best economics books of 2018 by The Financial Times. Tepper and Hearn launch a stinging attack on high concentration and insipid competition in the US economy today, documenting and explaining its symptoms and side effects at length. This is a polemic that takes no prisoners. Dysfunctionality and capture of the political, regulatory and academic establishments are recurring themes and, not surprisingly, Big Tech is singled out for special treatment. The book mounts an extensively researched and engagingly written case for an overhaul of antitrust enforcement to fix the problem.  It's a call to arms, exhorting legislators and courts to ensure that antitrust laws play their part in administering the dose of reinvigorated competition that Tepper and Hearn argue is sorely needed. Faltering productivity, stymied innovation, stagnant wages growth and rising inequality are not just concerns for the US, however.  They are the preoccupations of economic policymakers and enforcement agencies in many countries around the world, making the book a valuable resource with international relevance. In this episode, Jonathan shares the key insights from the book and defends its thesis against the arguments that most commonly feature on the opposing side of the debate. For more details and to order the book, you can visit The Myth of Capitalismwebsite. For more about Jonathan Tepper, he has his own personal website, and you can follow him on Twitter @jtepper2. Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, Competition Lore is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition. Join Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society. Competition Lore is produced by Written & Recorded.

Denise Hearn is the co-author of The Myth of Capitalism, a book that explores how monopolies are distorting our economy and amplifying inequality. Denise talks about her fascinating career path, from sex educator to macroeconomic researcher.  Denise shares her passion for staying curious and her tips for how to kill it with ease - a new theme of the podcast and a lesson we all need to learn.

In episode 105 of the Get Published Podcast, Host and 13-Time Bestselling Author Paul G. Brodie interviews Denise Hearn about her author journey and using a gantt chart for your book launch.

Correspondent Alex Gallo-Brown hears from Denise Hearn about the economic monoliths undermining capitalism in our nation, and the anti-worker policies running rampant in corporate culture (1:55). Chief Correspondent Steve Scher speaks with Alex Rosenblat about her research on Uber, and how its algorithms are quietly manipulating consumers while stripping drivers of their rights (14:23). Steve also sits down with Rob Reich to discuss the corrosive effect of wealthy philanthropy on modern democracy (26:57). This episode's feature highlights L.A. Kauffman who shares success stories of grassroots organizing and a swell in protesters to greater numbers than ever before in history—strong indicators that activists across the nation are willing and able to stand up for the values they hold dear (29:25). Get an insider's look and stay in the know about what's going on in this moment at Town Hall.