Episode 7: How Monopoly Capitalism Challenges American Democracy

What happens when a handful of corporations hold the power to shape everything: what we buy, how we work, even how we connect with each other? In this episode, anti-monopoly expert Matt Stoller joins host Matt Levinger to break down how decades of consolidation have reshaped American life far beyond consumer prices. From defense and tech to baby formula and dating apps, Stoller exposes the hidden ways concentrated corporate power undermines competition, weakens communities, and erodes democratic self-government. But he also makes the case that the anti-monopoly tradition is one of America’s oldest, and most hopeful, paths forward. A sharp, accessible, and urgent conversation about reclaiming the economy for the public good.Host: Matthew Levinger – Host of the America’s Why Podcast and Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the George Washington University.Guest: Matt Stoller – Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.Explore Matt Stoller’s work and analysis on monopoly power and economic policy: https://mattstoller.com/Visit our website to learn more about the America’s Why Project and join the conversation: americaswhyproject.comListen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon MusicThe views expressed in the podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent those held by the America's Why Project team or the George Washington University.