Pep Talk #3 - Monopolies

Welcome back to Weekly Political Pep Talks! Today's main topic will be monopolization and antitrust policies. We'll start the episode with a quick intro and reveal the person who said last episode's quote of the week: John McCain! Then we'll get into two main headlines for the week, regarding smoke from wildfires reaching the East Coast and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' visit to the White House. Next, we'll move on to our main topic segment about monopolization and antitrust policies. We'll look at some background on antitrust policy in the United States and talk about the history of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company as well as discuss the problems with tech and media giants, then share our thoughts. Finally, we'll introduce today's quote of the week: "It's time to use the antitrust laws and to break up [these] conglomerate[s] … that ha[ve] now poisoned our democracy." If you have a guess, DM us on Instagram @weeklypoliticalpeptalks. That's it for today, so be sure to join us next week. Happy listening and stay political. Sources & Further Reading: reuters.com cnn.com https://www.reuters.com/world/us/smoke-us-west-wildfires-leaves-easterners-gasping-2021-07-20/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/politics/tampa-bay-buccaneers-white-house-visit/index.html https://techstartups.com/2020/09/18/6-corporations-control-90-media-america-illusion-choice-objectivity-2020/ https://hbr.org/2017/12/the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-the-u-s-antitrust-movement Check out our website and social media! Website: weeklypoliticalpeptalks.com Instagram: @weeklypoliticalpeptalks YouTube: Weekly Political Pep Talks