There’s collusion, and then there’s collusion

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Dara, Ezra, and Matt discuss President Trump's remarkable performance in Helsinki and new research on employers colluding to hold down pay. Links: Dara mentioned Quinta Jurecic's piece tying Trump in Helsinki to Trump on Charlottesville. Here's the Ari Fleischer tweet Ezra referenced. Ezra walked through what we know about Trump's dealings with Russia. Here's that rundown (and more analysis) in text form. Trump tweeted during recording — here's the full text Matt read. Matt mentioned Adam Entous's New Yorker piece on Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Emirates. The 2015 Morning Joe interview Ezra mentioned. Joe Scarborough says Putin has a record of killing journalists and political opponents, and invading countries. Trump responds, "At least he's a leader." White paper: "Theory and Evidence on Employer Collusion in the Franchise Sector" (Alan B. Krueger, Orley Ashenfelter) More on the news about the no-poaching agreement in Washington state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I watched my clothes with Thai laundry, which I do.
0:03.6	It makes things cleaner.
0:05.2	Excellent detergent and useful unofficial currency.
0:08.0	Yes, it's the best.
0:09.4	Tied by challenge.
0:23.9	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:27.5	I'm Matthew Glacius with Ezra Klein, Darrell Linn.
0:30.1	We are here today to talk about collusion.
0:32.8	We have a white paper about collusion amongst franchise owners
0:37.6	to oppress their labor market.
0:39.7	That's probably what you all were expecting when you clicked on this episode of Weeds.
0:43.0	This is definitely the number one form of collusion that is on people's minds.
0:47.0	It is definitely the form of collusion that is being fought most aggressively by American elected officials.
0:54.1	Yes, that said.
0:55.6	That's very funny.
0:56.6	Some people also thought it was noteworthy
0:59.4	that Monday in Helsinki, Finland, Donald Trump stood next to President Vladimir Putin of Russia
1:06.8	and delivered an extraordinary performance.
1:10.4	I saw a number of people say that this was like the most disgraceful thing they'd ever seen
1:14.5	in American President Joe, which I think is overstated.
1:18.2	But it was certainly the weirdest thing I've ever seen in American President Joe.
1:22.1	I think there is a weird meta conversation happening there.
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