But essentially, monopolies and Financial Institutions that facilitate that monopolization across the country and thats what we are focused on. We have special concerns about the power of Big Technology platforms but in general we think that a lot of the economic and social problems that we are experiencing in this country today can trace back or be exact exacerbated by the dramatic outsized levels of Corporate Power that exists in our economy today. Host how did you come to that view . Guest we looked around at the world essentially. If you look at markets. If you look at Market Structure you will find that whether it is large markets like media, telecom, healthcare, online retail, amazon for example, or even small markets like Peanut Butter and cheerleading and watch components and software you have seen that over and over a handful of businesses and handful of corporations have rolled up those markets and essentially act as governing agents for other actors in that market. Host isnt
Robert wilson is with us today courtesy of paul and heather hamilton. Bob is the author of Matthew Brady, portraits of a nation and the explorer king, a biography of Clarence King. He is the editor of the american scholar, former editor of preservation and the founding literary editor of civilization. A former book editor and columnist for u. S. Today and a former editor at the Washington Post book world. His essays reviews and fiction have appeared in numerous publications, including the american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly, the new republic and the smithsonian, Washington Post magazine and the wilson quarterly. And on the oped opinion and book review pages of the boston globe. The New York Times, u. S. Today and the Washington Post. He lives in manassas, virginia. Please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause] thank you, chris. I appreciate that introduction. Im hoping your app works better than the app that was done for. He Iowa Caucus
Preservation and the editor of civilization book editor and columnist from the Washington Post book world and essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including american scholar , the atlantic monthly, new republic, smithsonian, washingn post magazine and the wilson quarterly and the book review pages of the boston globe the New York Times and the Washington Post living in manassas virginia please give a warm savanna welcome to robert wilson. [applause] thank you i appreciate that introduction. I hope your app works a lot better than the app for the iowa caucuses. [laughter] i trust it will you actually probably have tested it. And thank you to all of you for coming on this cold morning. Its nice to see so many of you here its pleasant to see cspan here and thank you for all it does to support book culture in america. We are tempted to say normally what remains of book culture on a day like today to be optimistic about the state of books. I love being in savanna we com
Media and especially from the resistance sort of left or mocking trump for saying the crazy thing you know maybe we can inject disinfectants into americans in order to help them recover from coronavirus i cope at 19 so while they were laughing at them the very same day they were laughing at john for saying that they announced this why didnt any will wait until the official nomination to bring in the ghouls yes thats Larry Summers advising Biden Campaign on economic recovery just a reminder that summers in 1901 of running the World Bank Issued a memo saying that we should dump our toxic waste from the west developed nations onto the least developed nations to those who cant fight back because they dont have the you know the wealth or the sophistication to appreciate how toxic waste can ruin their environment they dont understand beauty like somebody like Larry Summers he also was instrumental in passing the commodity futures modernization act which legalized gambling turned derivatives
Smithsonian, the Washington Post magazine, and the wilson quarterly. And opinions and book review pages of the boston globe. The New York Times, u. S. Today in the Washington Post. He lives in virginia. Please give a warm welcome to robert wilson. [applause]. [background sounds]. Thank you ce that introduction. I am hoping your app works a lot better than the app for the iowa caucuses. [laughter]. I trust it will. You can probably actually test it. Thanks to all of you for coming this morning on this cold morning. It is very pleasant to see so many of you here. Very pleasant to see cspan here. I dont think cspan for all of the done to support book culture in america. I am attempt to say that normally what remains of the culture in america but on a day like today, its very easy to be optimistic about the state of books. I love being in savannah. My wife martha and i come here as often as we can and we live outside washington dc. And we have a in the panhandle of florida. We used to drea