Building Local Power
A podcast by Institute for Local Self-Reliance - Thursdays
129 Episodes
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Small Business Rising is Fighting Monopoly Power
Published: 15/04/2021 -
Can We Be Local in a Digital World?
Published: 01/04/2021 -
Keeping NYC Land Out of Corporate Hands
Published: 21/03/2021 -
How Big Utilities' Climate Pledges Fall Short
Published: 18/03/2021 -
Is Amazon Picking Winners and Losers Among America's Cities?
Published: 04/03/2021 -
How Recycling and Reuse Created Thousands of Jobs and a $1 Billion Boost to Austin's Economy
Published: 18/02/2021 -
Connecting Indian Country to the Benefits of Broadband
Published: 04/02/2021 -
Should Big Utilities Pay for Their Bad Choices? — Episode 117 of Building Local Power
Published: 07/01/2021 -
A Vision for Landfills that Challenges the Status Quo
Published: 10/12/2020 -
A Cornucopia of Policy Opportunities in the New Year — Episode 115 of Building Local Power
Published: 25/11/2020 -
Voters Turn Out to Support Climate, Broadband, Other Local Initiatives in 2020 Election
Published: 09/11/2020 -
In Seattle, Corporations Must Pay Their Fair Share to Support Climate Justice
Published: 29/10/2020 -
Is It Finally Time to Break up Big Tech?
Published: 16/10/2020 -
How the Baltimore Farm Alliance is Fighting Food Apartheid and Building Community Resilience – Episode 111 of Building Local Power
Published: 15/10/2020 -
One Size Fits None: Why Connecting California’s Least Connected Requires a Tailored Solution (Episode 110)
Published: 01/10/2020 -
How Local Control Empowers Cities to Fight Climate Change (Episode 109)
Published: 17/09/2020 -
Zephyr Teachout on Building an Antimonopoly Movement (Episode 108)
Published: 03/09/2020 -
Can the People Take Power Back From Big Tech? (Episode 107)
Published: 20/08/2020 -
David Dayen Talks America’s Monopoly Problem (Episode 106)
Published: 06/08/2020 -
Why Our Best Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control is at the Local Level (Episode 105)
Published: 23/07/2020
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.