Robert Monks; Jackson Katz

Robert A. G. Monks is a pioneering shareholder activist and a corporate governance advisor.  He has written extensively about shareholder rights and responsibilities.  He is also an expert on pension and retirement plans.  Mr. Monks was also a founder of Institutional Shareholder Services, now the leading corporate governance, consulting firm.  His book Citizens Disunited: Passive Investors, Drone CEOs and the Corporate Capture of the American Dream is an indictment of corporate executives who divert shareholder assets to undermine democracy and enrich themselves.  For his previous Ralph Nader Radio Hour interview on the harm of stock buybacks go to https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/robert-monks-mehrsa-baradaran/

Jackson Katz has long been recognized as one of America’s leading anti-sexist male activists. In 1993, he founded the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program at Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. The multiracial, mixed-gender MVP Program is the first large-scale attempt to enlist high school, collegiate and professional athletes in the fight against rape and all forms of men’s violence against women. Today MVP is the most widely utilized gender violence prevention program in college athletics.  His TED talk, “Violence Against Women Is A Men’s Issue,” has been viewed more than 2.5 million times.  He is a filmmaker and author, whose most recent book is entitled Man Enough?: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity.

Ralph Nader Radio Hour Episode 117 Transcript