Sally hubbard thank you for coming on to discuss monopolies suck it is timely because the issue you write about in the book with us economy and the impact on workers and citizens is a hot topic at the moment with policymaking right now and it could play a big and the Incoming Biden Administration so i thought we should look at the big picture you lay out in the book when people hear the title no one likes monopolies are dealing with monopolies but really this book is about a bigger issue that the economy people may not fully understand. s so can you set the scene and describe what you see happening . Thank you for taking the time to talk out the book in cspan2 have me talk about it as well. We all knowonopolies suck. Thats not a surprise to anyone but what has been happening the last several decades is t economy is getting highly concentrated with consolidation that leads to every major sectoof the economy. We hear about whether techr food in the industry all have monopoly problems tal
You for coming on to discuss monopolies suck. Its a very timely book because the issues you write about in the book, the power of dominant companies in the u. S. Economy and the impact on workers and consumers and citizens is really a very hot topic in economics and policy making right now. And we will see but could play a big role in the incoming Biden Administration. So i thought we should begin with sort of the big picture about, that you lay out in the book. I think when people hear the title they might say of course, no one likes monopolies, no one likes dealing with monopolies. The religious book is about a bigger issue. You are warning about a warring trends across the economy that i think many people may not fully understand. I think you could maybe first set the scene for us and describe what you see happening. Guest first, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today about this book, and thank you to cspan for having here to talk about it as well. We all know mon
Million. And beyond meat, those shares are down sharply amid slowing sales, while mcdonalds launches a new plantbased product line carl well get to that later, guys first, jim, a lot to unpack with the covid cases, pfizer news, lilly news today, azar on squawk saying the timeline for a vaccine delivery is getting pretty specific now. Right look, were back in that same world and i listened to the fund manager speak on squawk, got to buy value and sell growth where were they yesterday whenle have you went from being okay to being overvalued in about a threehour session i find that when i look at some of the stocks that i like in the industrials, they have gone so far that i think now everything has to happen right and these arent going to happen righting. They are hostage to earnings Cloud Computing stocks, they have a lot of room to go down because theyre so high. When you look at faang, for instance, does it make it so alphabet is worth less the principle method of how alphabet makes i
Hello. I am a columnist here at the Washington Post and i write about politics and i want to thank you for joining us this morning for our conversation with senator amy klobuchar. Senator klobuchar is a member of the Senate Commerce committee and on the subcommittee that deals with manufacturing. We are really testing our technical capabilities here because she is joining us from a car in wisconsin where she is traveling with her fellow senator, tammy baldwin, campaigning for Vice President joe biden in the most swingy of swing states this year. Sen. Klobuchar thank you so much. Great to be on. Ar im in the car and parked. The area i are in going to be doing an event at a farm. Im excited to be here today. There is nothing more important besides moving our country forward and focusing on jobs and the economy. And that includes in a big way, manufacturing. We are here today to talk about manufacturing but it feels like we have had 10 years worth of news in the last 10 days. How doto ask
Hello. Im a columnist. The Washington Post and i write about politics and i want to thank you for joining us for our conversation with senator Amy Klobuchar. A member of the Senate Commerce committee and specifically the subcommittee that deals with manufacturing we are testing our technical capabilities here because she is joining us from a car in wisconsin where she is traveling with herin fellow senator and plenty of swing states this year. Yes, i am in the car and im parked so there wont be like a moving background behind me but yes we are doing an event for Vice President joe biden but im excited to be here today because there can be nothing more important besides moving the country forward and focusing on jobs in the economy and in a big way that includes manufacturing. We are here to talk about manufacturing but it also feels like weve had ten years worth of news in the last ten days so ive got to ask you how do you see the state of the president ial race right now and what are