This episode I’m pleased to be speaking with Pat Garofalo. Pat is the director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs. He also writes the Boondoggle substack. We’ll be talking about a grab bag of topics including non-compete agreements and corporate subsidies.
Pete Sinnott
Co-host of Unproductive Labor
Luke Mergner
Co-founder of Contrivers’ Review and host of Unproductive Labor
Pat Garofalo
Author and director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project
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