129 Episodes

  1. Small Business Rising is Fighting Monopoly Power

    Published: 4/15/2021
  2. Can We Be Local in a Digital World?

    Published: 4/1/2021
  3. Keeping NYC Land Out of Corporate Hands

    Published: 3/21/2021
  4. How Big Utilities' Climate Pledges Fall Short

    Published: 3/18/2021
  5. Is Amazon Picking Winners and Losers Among America's Cities?

    Published: 3/4/2021
  6. How Recycling and Reuse Created Thousands of Jobs and a $1 Billion Boost to Austin's Economy

    Published: 2/18/2021
  7. Connecting Indian Country to the Benefits of Broadband

    Published: 2/4/2021
  8. Should Big Utilities Pay for Their Bad Choices? — Episode 117 of Building Local Power

    Published: 1/7/2021
  9. A Vision for Landfills that Challenges the Status Quo

    Published: 12/10/2020
  10. A Cornucopia of Policy Opportunities in the New Year — Episode 115 of Building Local Power

    Published: 11/25/2020
  11. Voters Turn Out to Support Climate, Broadband, Other Local Initiatives in 2020 Election

    Published: 11/9/2020
  12. In Seattle, Corporations Must Pay Their Fair Share to Support Climate Justice

    Published: 10/29/2020
  13. Is It Finally Time to Break up Big Tech?

    Published: 10/16/2020
  14. How the Baltimore Farm Alliance is Fighting Food Apartheid and Building Community Resilience – Episode 111 of Building Local Power

    Published: 10/15/2020
  15. One Size Fits None: Why Connecting California’s Least Connected Requires a Tailored Solution (Episode 110)

    Published: 10/1/2020
  16. How Local Control Empowers Cities to Fight Climate Change (Episode 109)

    Published: 9/17/2020
  17. Zephyr Teachout on Building an Antimonopoly Movement (Episode 108)

    Published: 9/3/2020
  18. Can the People Take Power Back From Big Tech? (Episode 107)

    Published: 8/20/2020
  19. David Dayen Talks America’s Monopoly Problem (Episode 106)

    Published: 8/6/2020
  20. Why Our Best Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control is at the Local Level (Episode 105)

    Published: 7/23/2020

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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.