Large businesses and top CEOs in America spend huge sums of money on political campaigns every year. How do these contributions affect the business climate and can they harm smaller businesses? David Sirota, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, investigated the origins of America's cozy relationship between major corporations and politicians for his new podcast Master Plan. He joins to discuss how corporate money and strategy paved the way for the American economy to be dominated by big businesses today.

Join our host Mark Dent, for an in-depth conversation with David Sirota.