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The curse of bigness : antitrust in the new Gilded Age / Tim Wu.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia Global Reports, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 154 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780999745465
  • 0999745468
Subject(s): 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.
Holdings
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks KF1649 .W8 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001454908

"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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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