Topic: Market Consolidation

2 chapters across the catalog

Elon Musk Launches Free Speech Fight of the Century with Hostile Takeover of Twitter – FULL SHOW 4/14/22
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Elon Musk Launches Free Speech Fight of the Century with Hostile Takeover of Twitter – FULL SHOW 4/14/22

Financial Warfare and the 2020 Economic Consolidation

Former BlackRock portfolio manager Ed Dowd discusses how the Federal Reserve used the COVID-19 pandemic to mask a pre-existing liquidity crisis. He argues that the subsequent lockdowns facilitated a massive transfer of wealth and market share from small businesses to mega-corporations like Amazon and Facebook. Dowd suggests the economic response was a "controlled burn" designed to protect major financial institutions at the expense of the general public.