From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California,

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting ready to song.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my trustee co-host David Feldman. Hello, trustee co-host.

Hello. I guess we're going to learn about the rule of law today.

I guess I guess so, yeah.

And we also have the man of the hour, Ralph Nader, hello Ralph.

Hello everybody, this is another unique program it is but before we get to it I want to

announce that we are doing transcripts again thanks to loyal listener Elizabeth

Solomon who volunteered to be our proof reader.

We are starting once again to provide transcripts of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour

starting back with the show from a couple weeks ago featuring Dr. Andrew Weiles.

So thank you Elizabeth for stepping into the void and helping us provide text-based access

to the radio hour.

But let's get to today's show where we're going to be exploring two very important themes that we've

touched on in various different ways of the course of the last few years.

That is number one, the corporate elite and number two the US Constitution. Our first

guest is history professor Jack Lusco who has written a book entitled Monopoly

Restored how the super rich have robbed Main Street.

In this book Professor Lusco zeros in on how financial deregulation, tax evasion,

repression of unions, wage theft, undeserved patents, for-profit health care and government

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