Matt Stoller: Goliath - War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy | #054

Feb 7, 2023 · 38m 49s
Matt Stoller: Goliath - War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy | #054
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In this episode, we talk about why monopolies and the consolidation of power are a root cause to fight. You will learn about Wright Patman and we discuss how monopolists...

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In this episode, we talk about why monopolies and the consolidation of power are a root cause to fight. You will learn about Wright Patman and we discuss how monopolists got enabled to misuse their power. We talk about Mergers & Acquisitions and the inception of Private Equity. We talk about the early days at Wall Street and you will learn why companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon became so powerful. You will also learn what makes Matt hopeful in regard to fighting back against monopolistic power and we talk about decentralisation.

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Social Matt:
Website: https://mattstoller.substack.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-stoller-2000/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewstoller
Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40538538-goliath

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Links to topics and people discussed in this episode:
Matt Stoller - Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40538538-goliath
Non Compete Agreement: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/noncompete-agreement.asp
Wright Patman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Patman
Andrew Mellon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mellon
Robinson-Patman Act of 1936: https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/0-502-0837?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true
John Maynard Keynes: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes
Lina Khan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Khan

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro - Just Another Mindset Podcast
01:18 What we talked about today
02:22 Welcome Matt
03:50 Why monopolies are the root cause
09:07 Wright Patman
15:59 Power to Monopolists
17:51 Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
24:08 Google, Facebook, Amazon
27:25 Fight back and what the pandemic has changed
32:33 What makes Matt hopeful
33:39 Final question
37:35 Outro - Just Another Mindset

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