129 Episodes

  1. ILSR's Year in Review: Shaping Policy to Empower Communities

    Published: 12/23/2021
  2. Building Local Power Highlight: Zephyr Teachout on Building an Antimonopoly Movement

    Published: 12/15/2021
  3. New Mexico Co-op Dumps Monopoly Supplier to Offer More Solar

    Published: 12/9/2021
  4. Building Local Power Highlight: David Dayen Talks America’s Monopoly Problem

    Published: 12/1/2021
  5. Local Farms Key to Healthy and Resilient Food Systems

    Published: 11/25/2021
  6. Communities Seize the Opportunity to Invest in Local Broadband

    Published: 11/11/2021
  7. Reshaping Appalachia's Coal-Centric Economy with Bottom Up Solutions

    Published: 10/28/2021
  8. Can More Competition Fix an Outdated Energy System?

    Published: 10/14/2021
  9. Chuck Marohn Explains What's Wrong With America's Roads

    Published: 9/30/2021
  10. Building America's Zero Waste Future

    Published: 9/16/2021
  11. Rethinking Rural Connectivity with Christopher Ali

    Published: 9/2/2021
  12. Main Street's Missing Ingredient: Small Scale Manufacturing

    Published: 8/19/2021
  13. Rep. Seth Berry on the Movement for Publicly-Owned Power in Maine

    Published: 8/5/2021
  14. Zero Waste Efforts Bring Benefits, Build Community in Gainesville

    Published: 7/22/2021
  15. Growing a Regenerative Food System

    Published: 7/8/2021
  16. Beyond Big Tech: Monopoly Power & Our Democracy

    Published: 6/22/2021
  17. Centering Racial Justice in the Antimonopoly Fight

    Published: 6/10/2021
  18. The Role of Antitrust Law in Creating Energy Justice

    Published: 5/27/2021
  19. A Make or Break Moment for Local Solutions

    Published: 5/13/2021
  20. Stop Privileging Large Industrial Sites Over Local Composters

    Published: 4/27/2021

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At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, we work to break the chains of monopoly power in all sectors of our economy. From challenging incumbent cable monopolies in order to promote better Internet connectivity to pointing out how Amazon pushes local retailers out of the market, our researchers develop positive policy prescriptions to improve local economies. This podcast series provides a first glimpse at some of our newest original research and a unique economic perspective on today's most pressing topics.