Richard Reeves: "Starbucks v Dunkin': how capitalism gives us the illusion of choice"
Richard Reeves has written a new piece for
The Guardian about how "our consumer choices are dominated by a few large companies."
❝ American culture valorizes the small. Small-town life is overrepresented and romanticized on the screen – think Hawkins in Stranger Things – a form of escapism in a country where 80% of people live in a city, but two in five say they’d prefer a rural or small-town home. Likewise companies: US adults are three times as likely to have a “very favorable” view of small businesses as they are of large enterprises (59% v 17%), according to a 2018 survey from the Public Affairs Council … [TheGuardian.com]
| RICHARD REEVES is a enior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Dream Hoarders.. Watch him discuss why education reduces social mobility below, and learn more about booking Richard for your next event today. |
