Chicagoans Sound Off On Friday’s ‘Economic Blackout’

Feeling the impact of inflation, many Americans are leveraging their buying power – by not buying anything. Thousands of people on social media are promoting what’s called the Economic Blackout. People in Illinois and Chicago are also mobilizing around the idea. To learn more about the effort and motive behind it, Reset was joined by the founder of The People’s Union USA John Schwarz; Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ; and Peg Dublin, co-chair of Third Act Illinois Peg Dublin. We also sat down with DePaul University economics professor Brian Thompson and small business owner Julie Horowitz to learn more about the impact of consumer activism. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.