Amy in philadelphia, a black mother who was attacked with her family in october by a horde of Police Officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. Rickia young was driving an suv with her twoyearold son and teenage nephew when officers descended on the vehicle, broke all its windows, assaulted and arrested young, pulled her 16yearold nephew frothe car, and grabbed her child. We will he rickia her own wordand speato her aorney. Then we look at how the ridehailing Companies Uber and lyft scored a major victory against Worker Rights with the passage of proposition 22 in california. Theyre now pushing similar measures in other states. With this passage, this will basicivers like me from protections afforded to most in the state. These companies are promising to roll out this model tionwide. It foretells a grim future for gig workers across the country. Amy we will look at other Ballot Initiatives around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
When it begins lets elook at what is driving the numbers today. Millions of americans remain out of work. Could that weakness pressure lawmakers to reach a stimulus deal we will see. Negotiations are under way as we speak. The dow up some 200 points or so two thirds of a percentage with 59 minutes left in the trading week kayla. Wilf, it is great to see you on this friday afternoon coming up on the show, door dash and airbnb ipos to come next week and a big test for appetite of some names in growth tech speaking of high growth, scott cutler, we will get his take on the e competition in apparel and sneakers mike santoli has the market covered. Ylan moi is tracking the latest movements on a stimulus deal and we will dig about sboo the jobs report with Dana Peterson. Mike first to you. What are you seeing behind the charts. Almost all news translated to good news for the market in this current mood that investors are in if you look at a fiveyear chart. Decided to broaden it out here more
The Incoming Biden Administration i thought we should begin with kind of the big picture that you lay out in the book when people hear the title they might say of course. I think many people may not fully understand. Taking the time to talk about this book and thank you to cspan for having me here to talk about it as well. That isnt a surprise for anyone but what has been happening over the last several decades is our economy has been highly concentrated and theres been consolidation on an ongoing basis in every sector of the economy so we hear a lot about but not only are we talking about food or agriculture in the industry you will have a monopoly problem and im also talking about the duopoly is there are harms that flow from this that i want to highlight to help them understand what it means for their everyday life and how it affects them. As you write about, it is the Cable Service and industries. Can you talk about how we got to this point you sort of explain in the book that ther
The morning news updates we will see you back then here on out international. Time after time here were going underground a year to the day since u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnsons landslide victory in the countrys general election a year in office arguably eclipsed by a pandemic that is not the u. K. With the highest number of coronavirus related deaths in europe coming up on the show 2000000 thats the number of u. K. Families estimated to be pushed into extreme poverty by privileging the rich during coronavirus we talk to the United Nations he would scream poverty special about the prospect of a 1000000 more british children struggling to stay warm will be clean and ask whether the Boris Johnson government is merely continuing what the un has characterized the. An anti for ideological project to systematically him is a rage millions grand will a biden presidency be able to pull off the same p. R. Conjuring trick that the Obama White House did we told the white houses 1st official vi
Sally hubbard thank you for coming on to discuss monopolies suck it is timely because the issue you write about in the book with us economy and the impact on workers and citizens is a hot topic at the moment with policymaking right now and it could play a big and the Incoming Biden Administration so i thought we should look at the big picture you lay out in the book when people hear the title no one likes monopolies are dealing with monopolies but really this book is about a bigger issue that the economy people may not fully understand. s so can you set the scene and describe what you see happening . Thank you for taking the time to talk out the book in cspan2 have me talk about it as well. We all knowonopolies suck. Thats not a surprise to anyone but what has been happening the last several decades is t economy is getting highly concentrated with consolidation that leads to every major sectoof the economy. We hear about whether techr food in the industry all have monopoly problems tal