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Tackling Monopoly Power - How states can raise wages, lower prices, and empower the public to reclaim control over their economic lives.
Michael Gianaris New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader
Michael Swerdlow Antimonopoly Lead, Democracy Policy Network
Solana Rice Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director of Liberation in a Generation
0:00 What is anti-monopoly state law
4:10 Michael Gianaris
7:50 Solana Rice
10:40 Coalitions without exclusion
16:05 Building power bottom up
17:45 What this delivers for workers
20:00 Emphasizing state wins
22:00 The false choice of ‘consumer choice’
NY S933A - nysenate.gov/issues/21st-century-antitrust-act
DPN’s antimonopoly policy kit - https://democracypolicy.network/antimonopoly
Liberation in a Generation Guide: liberationinageneration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Anti-Monopoly-Activism_032021.pdf
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
Tackling Monopoly Power - How states can raise wages, lower prices, and empower the public to reclaim control over their economic lives.
Michael Gianaris New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader
Michael Swerdlow Antimonopoly Lead, Democracy Policy Network
Solana Rice Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director of Liberation in a Generation
0:00 What is anti-monopoly state law
4:10 Michael Gianaris
7:50 Solana Rice
10:40 Coalitions without exclusion
16:05 Building power bottom up
17:45 What this delivers for workers
20:00 Emphasizing state wins
22:00 The false choice of ‘consumer choice’
NY S933A - nysenate.gov/issues/21st-century-antitrust-act
DPN’s antimonopoly policy kit - https://democracypolicy.network/antimonopoly
Liberation in a Generation Guide: liberationinageneration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Anti-Monopoly-Activism_032021.pdf
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
