Stacy Mitchell is Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and author of the

book Big Box Swindle, as well as articles for The Atlantic, New York Times, and more. Stacy

talks how Walmart and dollar chains took over, how Amazon dwarfs them all, and ILSR’s work

to stop monopoly power both locally and nationally.

[1:35] Growing up in the north vs. the south

[4:45] Big Box Window—writing about Walmart and big retail

[11:20] Dollar chains and food deserts

[14:30] Amazon’s dominance

[22:10] Institute for Local Self-Reliance—local organizing + big picture

More about Stacy:

ilsr.org

@stacyfmitchell

https://stacymitchell.com/front-page/ to buy Big Box Swindle