Can we hold big corporations to higher standards? (with Mayor Dave Bieter and E.J. Dionne)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Nick pitches a big idea to the mayor of Boise and political commentator E. J. Dionne: a suite of progressive labor standards that would hold large employers to higher standards nationwide. Is this the way to bring progressive, inclusive economic growth to rural America? Dave Bieter is the Mayor of Boise, Idaho. Now serving his fourth term, he is the longest serving Mayor in Boise’s history. Twitter: @MayorBieter E. J. Dionne writes about politics in a twice-weekly column for The Washington Post. He is also a government professor at Georgetown University, a visiting professor at Harvard University, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a frequent commentator on politics for NPR and MSNBC. He is a New York Times bestselling author, and his newest book ‘Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country’ is out next year. Twitter: @EJDionne Further reading: Progressive Labor Standards: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/51/progressive-labor-standards/

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0:00.0	Working people spend their lives doing what they are supposed to do and not getting rewarded
0:05.3	that should be at the center of our political conversation.
0:08.7	You know, the real job creation is the small business.
0:11.5	Right. You know, that's been the engine for generation.
0:15.0	And by holding the largest employers to the highest standard,
0:19.0	we tilt the economic playing field back towards smaller companies and mid-sized companies and
0:24.6	make it easier for them to compete and grow.
0:28.6	From the offices of Civic Ventures in downtown Seattle, this is Pitch Fork Economics with
0:38.3	Nick Hanauer.
0:39.8	It's like Econ 101 without all the BS.
0:45.0	I'm Nick Henauer, founder of Civic Ventures.
0:51.0	I'm David Goldstein, Senior Fellow at Civic Venti. Civic Ventures.
0:57.0	So Nick, one of the things which we have the freedom to do in this office which I love is examine issues
1:05.3	examine problems and then say hey let's come up with a brand new idea on yes on
1:11.0	how to deal with it for better or or worse, we do do that.
1:14.0	We do do that.
1:15.0	The worst thing that happens is it's no good,
1:17.0	but sometimes we hit on something which seems like a good idea.
1:21.0	And last December, you wrote a piece for Democracy Journal on an idea
1:27.1	we call progressive labor standards.
1:30.6	That's right.
1:31.6	Explain a little bit.
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