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Part One:
We speak with Eric Cortellesa, the digital editor of The Washington Monthly, about “The New Trust-Busters.” Which Democratic presidential candidates are taking on modern monopolies? Who is addressing (and who is not addressing) the exponential increase in *concentration* of economic power in just a few hands? We look at policies proposed by Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Amy Klobuchar. We also consider the way Amazon sets people up to fail — by offering to sell their innovations and, if successful, producing the products themselves and driving the innovators out of business.
Part Two:
We talk to Madeleine Wattenbarger about her article in New Republic about the horrors of Trumpian immigration policies. American border policy sends asylum-seekers away to face danger, disease and uncertainty after they arrive at the U.S. border seeking safety from violence, abuse and starvation.
