What's Eating the Economy?

What's Eating the Economy?

The American economy has gotten more consolidated and more reliant on algorithms—while also, according to most people, getting more expensive, slower, and worse. Is there some causality in this correlation?


Guest: Matt Stoller, Research Director for the American Economic Liberties Project and author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.



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WN TBD: Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?

WN TBD: Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?

TikTok now has over 1.5 billion downloads, putting it in the company of social media giants like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. While all of these companies have faced scrutiny from lawmakers in on...

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Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?

Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?

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22 Nov 201920min

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The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more pr...

21 Nov 201918min

Pete Buttigieg Surges

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Pete Buttigieg will take the stage at the fifth presidential democratic debate as the front-runner in the Iowa polls. His rise, while surprising for some, can’t simply be explained as luck. So, how di...

20 Nov 201922min

The Backstory to Bolivia’s Coup

The Backstory to Bolivia’s Coup

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19 Nov 201920min

What Is Devin Nunes Thinking?

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