Rana Foroohar, author of Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World and Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, joins The Realignment to discuss why she believes the post-COVID age of economic localization will put an end to 50 years of neoliberal globalization, how the left and right are responding to this new paradigm, and what a more resilient and regionally-focused America will look like.

301 | Rana Foroohar: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World

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Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of The Everything War: Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Dana discuss Amazon's rise through the lens of debates about corporate power, why FTC Chair Lina Khan's 2017 law review article kicked off a new era of government antitrust regulation, and why the FTC's 2023 monopoly lawsuit against Amazon could be one of the largest antitrust cases of the 21st century.

472 | Dana Mattioli: Amazon's Quest for Domination, Antitrust's Return, and the Rise of Lina Khan

Natalie Foster, author of The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy and President & Cofounder of the Economic Security Project, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Natalie discuss how the 2016 election and the COVID pandemic created the opportunity to shift the conventional wisdom about the American economy away from the neoliberal status quo, what an economy built around "guarantees" would look like, lessons from UBI experiments and the expansion of the Child-Tax-Credit, and how progressives should respond to post-COVID inflation's dampening of support for government spending programs.

471 | Natalie Foster: Universal Basic Income, the Expanded Child-Tax-Credit, & Why America's Economy Will Be Based on "Guarantees"

In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss the fallout from Iran and Israel's latest escalation cycle, what the passage of Ukraine aid means for the battlefield and Zelensky's political strategy, take-aways from their latest live events (conference on black conservatism and an Israel livestream debate), take audience questions, and more...

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: How the U.S. Should Handle Israel & Iran's Escalation, Ukraine Aid's Passage Means for the Battlefield, Audience Questions, and More...

Steven Kurutz, a features writer at The New York Times and author of American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home, joins the show. Marshall and Steven discuss how and why Americans went from wearing 70% domestic-made apparel to almost none, the revival of domestic clothes manufacturing in the 2000s and 2010s, and how the lessons of the industry's domestic revival applies to post-COVID reshoring opportunities in critical industries.

RE: Something Interesting | Steven Kurutz on the Entrepreneurs Bringing the Art & Business of Making Clothes Back to the USA

To celebrate the anniversary of The Realignment's Supercast subscription, Marshall recorded a special, best-of edition where he answers questions on everything from the show's future to his Texas-centered book idea and more...

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