Author Interview: Competition is Killing Us (with Michelle Meagher)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Neoliberal economics says free trade is always good, and its followers try to lower trade barriers without discretion. Freedom is an essential ingredient for successful international trade—but that doesn’t mean all trade should be unregulated. Competition law expert Michelle Meagher joins Goldy to debunk common competition myths and talk about strategies to hold powerful monopolies accountable. Michelle Meagher is a Senior Policy Fellow at the University College London Centre for Law, Economics, and Society, and co-founder of the Inclusive Competition Forum, a think tank focused on democratizing corporate power and the enforcement of competition law. Twitter: @MichMeagher Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics Competition is Killing Us: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/competition-is-killing-us-how-big-business-is-harming-our-society-and-planet-and-what-to-do-about-it/9780241423011 Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:40.0	If you are a long time listener of Pitchfork economics, you know that we spend a lot of time on economic myth busting,
0:48.6	which led me to a new book by Michelle Marr called Competition is Killing Us,
0:56.0	how big business is harming our society and planet
0:59.6	and what to do about it.
1:01.5	So it was really fun to talk with the author, Michelle Mar, about the six
1:06.3	myths of market capitalism and how we need to change both our ideology and the law.
1:15.0	Hi, my name is Michelle Ma. I'm an antitrust lawyer and I have just written a book called
1:22.0	Competition is Killing Us, How Big Business is
1:24.2	harming our society and planet and what to do about it.
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1:30.4	I guess the place to start the first half of your book you outline the six myths of competition.
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