New The Nation: TPP and Bureaucrats
March 26, 2015
By Mike Konczal
Live at The Nation: Free Trade Isn’t about Trade. It’s About Bureaucrats—and Guns. Free trade agreements like the TPP have provisions that are designed less for trade, and more about replacing public bureaucrats with private, corporate ones. I think there’s a lot out there about the corporate welfare elements about TPP, which are definitely true, but I think this element of who has the final say over how our economies are regulating is equally important. Check it out!
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Mike Konczal
Former Director, Macroeconomic AnalysisAs former director of Roosevelt’s macroeconomic analysis team, Mike Konczal led research focused on achieving full employment, building an economy that truly works for everybody, and developing the next generation of economic ideas.