Public Policy Show

In this episode we are discussing Small Business Malls, an idea created by Shota Bagaturia, to develop small business shopping malls around the United States. Small business is defined as any business with up to five hundred employees which includes clothing stores, community banks, organic grocery stores, wine stores, etc. 

We also discuss how DC lobbying works and how the U.S. banking system operates.

In this episode World Antimonopoly Organization (WAO) and Children for America. Corp. come together to address George Floyd Tragedy, protests, and solutions to income inequality across the United States. 

Shota Bagaturia opens the discussion and Caroline Kurdej, President of Children for America manages small business malls section. The following interns participate during this discussion: Junior, Reagan, Daniel, Astrid.

In this video Shota Bagaturia, Secretary-General of the World Antimonopoly Organization, defines small business and highlights the need of new small companies in package shipping, pharmacy stores, small banks, small farms, and other segments of the economy.

He encourages the Democratic National Committee to allow pro-small business progressive presidential candidates to gain power.

In this interview we interview Michael Berne, Expert on Retail & Downtowns, to see how communities can better market themselves as pro-small business.

Harvard College Student Raphaëlle Soffe shares her research in Chinese and Hong Kong intellectual property and antitrust law. We discuss the doctrine of extraterritoriality and how American small firms are affected by friendly policies towards large Western corporations.

In this episode, Public Policy Show Director Caroline Kurdej and Shota Bagaturia interview Professor Charles Benbrook on the relationship between organic food consumption and cancer.

We invited Thoe Skeadas, Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, and Thomas Barr, Executive Director of Local First Arizona to discuss small business policies to create thriving communities.

An interview with Massachusetts State Senator Edward J. Kennedy and THRIVE Communities Co-Founder, Kim Yeasir. We discussed small business policies and community empowerment.

On April 22nd, 2019, we invited Diana Moss to Harvard Innovation Labs and Harvard Law School to discuss antitrust.

Interview was conducted by Harvard College student Raphaëlle Soffe.

In this episode we discuss how Sam Adams is trying to increase its market power in Massachusetts and what are the challenges faced by small brewers.