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ORGANIZED MONEY: BIG OIL AND BIG PLASTIC ARE ONE AND THE SAME  
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David Dayen, Matt Stoller, Beth Gardiner

The American Prospect
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_ Plastic is in many ways a vital technology, but did we really need
to use it everywhere? _

, Marcelo Perez del Carpio/Climate Visuals Countdown

 

Yet another consequence of the war in Iran is a looming supply shock
in plastics. Plastics, derived from oil by-products, are everywhere,
but their origins remain somewhat mysterious to the average consumer.

 

Today on the show, we demystify the plastics industry with Beth
Gardiner, author of the new book _Plastic Inc.: The Secret History
and Shocking Future of Big Oil’s Biggest Bet_
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exposé of the industry that underlies modern consumer culture. Along
with Matt and David, they discuss where plastics come from, how they
are made, and how the situation in Iran will affect the supply chain.
They also get into the major players, the semi-scam that is recycling,
and whether non-fossil fuel alternatives are a viable solution in a
world that is already up to its knees in plastic.

 

_Listen via __Apple_
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wherever you get your podcasts._

_DAVID DAYEN is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is
the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and
Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s
Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast __Organized Money_
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_He can be reached on Signal at ddayen.90._

_MATT STOLLER is research director at the American Economic Liberties
Project and the author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly
Power and Democracy._

_BETH GARDINER is an American journalist based in London. Her first
book, Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution, was named
one of 2019’s best by The Guardian. It was a finalist for the
National Association of Science Writers’ Science in Society book
award, and a winner of the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature. Her
work has been published in outlets including The New York Times, The
Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The Washington Post,
Scientific American, Smithsonian and Yale Environment 360. _

_Beth spent 10 years as a reporter for the Associated Press, based
first in New York and then in London. She’s discussed her work on
NPR's All Things Considered and Here & Now, WNYC's Brian Lehrer show,
and the BBC's World at One, as well as on MSNBC, CBC in Canada, Sky
News, ITN and LBC radio. She was a speaker at TEDx London at the Royal
Festival Hall. Beth is a three-time grantee of the Pulitzer Center on
Crisis Reporting, and a recipient of the City University of New York
journalism school's McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. _

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