Matt Stoller works with the American Economic Liberties Project and is the author of “Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy” as well as the popular Substack newsletter “BIG.”
In this conversation, he and NLW discuss the history of American antitrust sentiment and politics including:
The origins of antitrust sentiment
How the “Watergate Babies” generation of Democrats turned away from antitrust sentiment
How the 1990s shifted power in favor of corporates and tech
Why the 2008-2009 crisis was a seminal moment in our attitudes towards big finance
The significance of the new antitrust case against Google
Find our guest online:
Twitter: @matthewstoller
Web: mattstoller.com