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Explain It to Me

The corporate bailout watchdog

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Congressional oversight committee member Bharat Ramamurti joins Matt to explain his new job and what's wrong with shareholder capitalism. Guest: Bharat Ramamurti (@BharatRamamurti), Member, Congressional Oversight Commission Host: Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox Credits: Jeff Geld (@jeff_geld), Editor & Producer More to explore: Subscribe to Impeachment, Explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app to get stay updated on this story every week. About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I had a chance to chat with Barat Ramamutri,

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who was the economic policy advisor on Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign,

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but is now stepping into a new role as one of the people on the oversight commission

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that Congress is creating for this kind of huge corporate bailout fund.

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We talked about the structure of that fund, his work there,

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but then also like big philosophical stuff about the history and nature of the corporation,

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