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Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"David Dayen explains how a narrow interpretation of the Sherman Act four decades ago spawned an age of unprecedented deregulation and corporate dominance. Dayen offers a riveting account of what it means to live in this period--and how we might resist this corporate hegemony."--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
All Points Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A passionate attack on the monopolies that are throttling American democracy. Every facet of American life is being overtaken by big platform monopolists like Facebook, Google, and Bayer (which has merged with the former agricultural giant Monsanto), resulting in a greater concentration of wealth and power than we've seen since the Gilded Age. They are evolving into political entities that often have more influence than the actual government, bending...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Traces the rise of monopolies from the railroad era to today's computer empires. The history of monopolies has been dominated by strong and charismatic personalities--this work tells the stories behind the individuals--from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie to Harold Geneen and Bill Gates--who forged these empires with genius, luck, and an often ruthless disregard for fair competition. He also analyzes the viewpoints of their equally colorful...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Barry C. Lynn, one of America's preeminent thinkers, provides the clearest statement yet on the nature and magnitude of the political and economic dangers posed by America's new monopolies in Liberty from All Masters. Americans are obsessed with liberty, mad about liberty. On any day, we can tune into arguments about how much liberty we need to buy a gun or get an abortion, to marry who we want or adopt the gender we feel. We argue endlessly about...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A startling look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism transformed American politics, resulting in the emergence of populism and authoritarianism, the fall of the Democratic Party--while also providing the steps needed to create a new democracy"--
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Missouri Senator Josh Hawley argues that big tech companies--Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple--represent the gravest threat to American liberty since the monopolies of the Gilded Age, and proposes a democratic, hopeful path forward"--
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This key to understanding how Amazon and Walmart are changing the way we shop, live and work chronicles the business clash of this generation-a war waged for our loyalty and money, with hundreds of billions of dollars at stake and millions of jobs on the line"--
