Today, three to five giant corporations control up to 80% of almost every industry and marketplace. These monopolies depress wages, exploit workers, and decimate small businesses. Stacy Mitchell from the Institute for Local Self Reliance has been a leader in a growing anti-monopoly movement with a broad political base. Can this emerging movement – along with bold federal antitrust action –  create a force that can challenge corporate power for the first time in decades? 

Featuring

⁠Stacy Mitchell⁠, a Maine-based writer, strategist, and policy advocate whose work focuses on dismantling concentrated corporate power and building thriving communities and a healthy democracy, has played a leading role in today’s growing anti-monopoly movement. She is Co-Executive Director of the ⁠Institute for Local Self-Reliance⁠ (ILSR) and the author of ⁠Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses⁠, and co-author of the influential report: ⁠Amazon’s Stranglehold⁠.

Resources

⁠Stacy Mitchell – Democracy vs. Big Tech: How We Can Win the Fight Against Monopoly Power | Bioneers 2024 Keynote⁠

⁠Democracy v. Plutocracy: Behind Every Great Fortune Lies a Great Crime⁠

⁠Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reade⁠

Credits

This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the ⁠radio and podcast homepage⁠ to learn more.