For corporations, how much power is too much?

At what point do you know that a corporation has too much power? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Barry Lynn author of Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction. He says if America is to survive economically and politically, the modern day monopolists should be broken up. Are there ways to counter economic concentration? Join us at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What tools do we have as citizens to fight back? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:

Barry Lynn is director of the Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative, and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation

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Your Call 060109 Is it time to go beyond antitrust?

Is it time to go beyond antitrust? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the risks of power concentrated in corporations. American antitrust law is meant to fight monopolies. Are there other tools in American law that legislators could use to keep corporations from monopolizing the market? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What can we learn from the crisis in the financial market? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gary Reback, one of the nation's most prominent antitrust attorneys, best known for spearheading the efforts that led to the federal lawsuit against Microsoft. He is currently of counsel with Carr & Ferrell LLP.

Jonathan Baker, professor of law at American University's Washington College of Law.

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