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The curse of bigness : how corporate giants came to rule the world / by Tim Wu.

By: Wu, Tim [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: New york : Atlantic Book Ltd. 2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 154 p. illustrations ; 19 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780999745465 ; 9781838950828 (pbk.); 0999745468Subject(s): 2000-2099 | Antitrust law -- United States | Antitrust investigations -- United States -- History | Income distribution -- United States -- History | Income distribution -- United States -- History | Antitrust investigations -- United States -- History | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Law | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance | LAW / Antitrust | Antitrust investigations | Antitrust law | Economic history | Income distribution | Politics and government | United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century | United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century | United States | Monopolies | Antitrust lawGenre/Form: History. DDC classification: 338.82 LOC classification: KF1649 | .W8 2018
Contents:
The monopolization movement -- The right to live, and not merely to exist -- The Trustbuster -- Peak antitrust and the Chicago School -- The last of the big cases -- Chicago triumphant -- The rise of the tech trusts -- A neo-Brandeisian agenda.
Summary: "We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms -- big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called the 'curse of bigness' can no longer remain the province of specialist lawyers and economists, for it has spilled over into policy and politics, even threatening democracy itself. History suggests that tolerance of inequality and failing to control excessive corporate power may prompt the rise of populism, nationalism, extremist politicians, and fascist regimes. In short, as Wu warns, we are in grave danger of repeating the signature errors of the twentieth century"--Publisher's description.
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The monopolization movement -- The right to live, and not merely to exist -- The Trustbuster -- Peak antitrust and the Chicago School -- The last of the big cases -- Chicago triumphant -- The rise of the tech trusts -- A neo-Brandeisian agenda.

"We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms -- big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called the 'curse of bigness' can no longer remain the province of specialist lawyers and economists, for it has spilled over into policy and politics, even threatening democracy itself. History suggests that tolerance of inequality and failing to control excessive corporate power may prompt the rise of populism, nationalism, extremist politicians, and fascist regimes. In short, as Wu warns, we are in grave danger of repeating the signature errors of the twentieth century"--Publisher's description.

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