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Chris Murphy: “You have to start there, fix the politics, and then it's a…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 17:36

… any shot to restore local ownership to hospitals or any other economic entity you care about. So. So the book ends up talking about this cult of corruption, but really, You have to start there, fix the politics, and then it's a lot easier to fix the economy and create a common good. Capitalism. You write, almost cinematically, something taking shape just two hours south of Wethersfield. You write rising out of the drizzle and fog that cloaked Manhattan on Valentine's Day 1983, to the city's newest skyscraper, Trump Tower, the brainchild of Donald J. (17:36–17:44)

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Asserts that fixing politics is necessary to fix the economy and create common good capitalism.

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