June 29, 201700:25:52

How Big Businesses Get Big Subsidies

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/big-businesses-big-subsidies-episode-23-of-the-building-local-power-podcast. Greg LeRoy, Executive Director of Good Jobs First speaks with ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell about public subsidies for big business across the United States. Highlights include: how the $70B in local economic development is spent (2:23), how the subsidy playing field is tilted toward big companies rather than small businesses (12:49), and how a new rule change will allow these subsidies to be reported on a local level (19:48). Listen to all of our Building Local Power podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/building-local-power. Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation using the #BuildingLocalPower hashtag!

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