Lina Khan On Zohran Mamdani, Corporate Welfare & the FTC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
From The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Lina Khan discusses her role on Zohran Mamdani's campaign transition team and explores issues of corporate welfare, as well as regulatory challenges posed by the Federal Trade Commission. The conversation also touches on the implications of private jet usage during airport restrictions and reflects on the broader political and economic landscape in New York City.
Key Takeaways
- Private jets: essential workers for shutoerie, yet grounded amid a shutdown. Priorities, anyone?
- Mayor-elect's inauguration proposal: midnight spectacle with Mariah Carey? Now that’s a political power move.
- Economic toolkit of NYC mayor: broader than the FTC's. Talk about local problems needing local solutions.
- Corporate interests skewing development? New Yorkers demand change, yet we cling to the same old horse.
- In DC, antitrust; in NYC, consumer protections. Enforcement action isn’t just for the feds anymore.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Federal Trade Commission (company)
- Donald Trump (person)
- Robinson Patman Act (concept)
- COVID-19 pandemic (event)
- Columbia (company)