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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “If it is predominantly wealthy people, then it is wealthy people who have power in our private sector governance…”

On the recordJune 19, 2019
If it is predominantly wealthy people, then it is wealthy people who have power in our private sector governance structure.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the influence of wealth on corporate governance.

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