Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/corporate-state-legislatures-blp-episode-44. Experts Stacy Mitchell, Christopher Mitchell, and John Farrell discuss the impact that concentrated economic power has in state legislatures in topics as wide-ranging as high-speed broadband access, electric utilities, and Facebook's recent Congressional foibles. Topics discussed include: why putting electric utilities in charge of our infrastructure investments supports monopoly power [6:06]; these utilities as comfortable in their role of writing the rules at the state level [9:00]; the growing movement against ISPs in legislatures due to local activism [15:17]; a run down of actions in West Virginia and Colorado [20:50]; turning to the Facebook congressional testimony about just how captured our economy is by corporate overlords [27:15]; and finally how the size of Facebook is consolidating our data to a dangerous degree [31:20]. 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 online using the #BuildingLocalPower hashtag!
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