Description:Kate Judge is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School focused on banking, financial innovation, and financial crises. She is the author of Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source - where she explores the increasing power of middlemen across our economy. about Kate here - https://kathrynjudge.com/More information on her book here - https://kathrynjudge.com/books/directChapters:00:00 - Introduction03:15 - How We Ended Up With A Middleman-Dominated Economy05:20 - Fragility Of Supply Chains08:35 - Benefits Of Going Direct And How It Affects Our Daily Happiness11:45 - How America Has Largely Lost the Culture Around Direct Exchange13:20- Public’s Reaction To Kate’s Book18:50 - Importance of Understanding Market Forces And How It Affects Local Economies22:18 - Discussing The De Minimis Tax Loophole24:32 - New Administration And Future of U.S. Manufacturing & Supply Chains30:22 - How e-commerce Fell Short With Removing Intermediaries35:45 - Consumer Demand For Going Direct39:41 - First Steps In Building New Systems To Increase Direct Exchange42:48 - Broken Food System In America45:50 - 2008 Financial Crisis And How Incentive Structures Are Not Aligned With Protecting Consumers49:00 - Importance Of Understanding Finance52:40 - Things For The Average Family Are Going To Get Worse Before They Get Better54:30 - Changing The System Will Require A Collective Effort56:00 - Scaling Beyond Limits Of The Direct-to-Consumer Model1:00:45 - European Corporate Governance Institute1:02:50 - Closing📢 Subscribe for more conversations on how we can use technology to go direct and make commerce more human.📩 Read the Going Direct newsletter here: https://goingdirect.beehiiv.com/

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