Building Local Power
A podcast by Institute for Local Self-Reliance - Thursdays
129 Episodes
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ILSR's Year in Review: Shaping Policy to Empower Communities
Published: 23/12/2021 -
Building Local Power Highlight: Zephyr Teachout on Building an Antimonopoly Movement
Published: 15/12/2021 -
New Mexico Co-op Dumps Monopoly Supplier to Offer More Solar
Published: 09/12/2021 -
Building Local Power Highlight: David Dayen Talks America’s Monopoly Problem
Published: 01/12/2021 -
Local Farms Key to Healthy and Resilient Food Systems
Published: 25/11/2021 -
Communities Seize the Opportunity to Invest in Local Broadband
Published: 11/11/2021 -
Reshaping Appalachia's Coal-Centric Economy with Bottom Up Solutions
Published: 28/10/2021 -
Can More Competition Fix an Outdated Energy System?
Published: 14/10/2021 -
Chuck Marohn Explains What's Wrong With America's Roads
Published: 30/09/2021 -
Building America's Zero Waste Future
Published: 16/09/2021 -
Rethinking Rural Connectivity with Christopher Ali
Published: 02/09/2021 -
Main Street's Missing Ingredient: Small Scale Manufacturing
Published: 19/08/2021 -
Rep. Seth Berry on the Movement for Publicly-Owned Power in Maine
Published: 05/08/2021 -
Zero Waste Efforts Bring Benefits, Build Community in Gainesville
Published: 22/07/2021 -
Growing a Regenerative Food System
Published: 08/07/2021 -
Beyond Big Tech: Monopoly Power & Our Democracy
Published: 22/06/2021 -
Centering Racial Justice in the Antimonopoly Fight
Published: 10/06/2021 -
The Role of Antitrust Law in Creating Energy Justice
Published: 27/05/2021 -
A Make or Break Moment for Local Solutions
Published: 13/05/2021 -
Stop Privileging Large Industrial Sites Over Local Composters
Published: 27/04/2021
At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, we work to break the chains of monopoly power in all sectors of our economy. From challenging incumbent cable monopolies in order to promote better Internet connectivity to pointing out how Amazon pushes local retailers out of the market, our researchers develop positive policy prescriptions to improve local economies. This podcast series provides a first glimpse at some of our newest original research and a unique economic perspective on today's most pressing topics.