Power & Money

The Capitol Forum sat down with Professor Joseph Harrington to discuss his recent article “Collusion in Plain Sight: Firms’ Use of Public Announcements to Restrain Competition,” and whether and how global antitrust agencies should could seek to deter cartelization through public statements in the future.

For this episode, The Capitol Forum sat down with Professor Kwoka to discuss his recent book, "Controlling Mergers and Market Power: A Program for Reviving Antitrust in America", focusing on some of the issues with current antitrust and merger policy, and his proposals to address them.

On this week's episode, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sat down with Steven Cernak, partner at Bona Law PC, to discuss the landmark 7th Circuit Court antitrust decision allowing Viamedia v. Comcast to proceed to trial. 

On this week's episode, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sat down with Dr. Stephanie Kelton, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, to hear her latest thoughts on tensions within the democratic party on economic policy and deficit politics.

On this week's episode, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sat down with Zach Carter, Senior Reporter at HuffPost, to discuss how the idea that 'the government can't run out of money' is picking up momentum as a frame for economic thinking on Wall Street and Capitol Hill. 

On this week’s episode, The Capitol Forum interviewed Tahir Amin and Aaron Pattillo from the nonprofit Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), about the findings in their report on pharmaceutical companies’ attempts to forestall generic competition and continue increasing the price of certain drugs.

In the inaugural episode of Power & Money, Mike Podhorzer, political director of the AFL-CIO, and Teddy Downey, executive editor of The Capitol Forum, discuss the upcoming midterm elections and the possibility of a ‘Blue Wave’ in November.