Donald Cohen: How the Looting of Public Goods Is Destroying American Democracy

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Donald Cohen: How the Looting of Public Goods Is Destroying American Democracy

Andrew Keen

Apr 04, 2022

On today's episode, Andrew is joined by Donald Cohen, the author of “The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back.”.

Donald Cohen is the founder and executive director of the research and policy center In the Public Interest and the co-author (with Allen Mikaelian) of The Privatization of Everything and (with Nick Hanauer, Joan Walsh, and Zachary Roth) of It’s Never Our Fault (And Other Shameless Excuses) (both from The New Press). He lives in Los Angeles.

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