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Donald Cohen is founder and executive director of In the Public Interest. He is a founding board member of PowerSwitch Action (formerly Partnership for Working Families) and the author—along with Allen Mikaelian—of The Privatization of Everything (New Press).

Website: https://inthepublicinterest.org/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Privatization-Everything-Plunder-Transformed-America/dp/1620976536

Summary:
In this interview, Donald Cohen discusses the implications of privatization of public goods and how private interests can conflict with societal needs. Cohen emphasizes the importance of government institutions in ensuring the distribution and accessibility of goods that we need everyone to have.