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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law--United States.

Antitrust law.

Income distribution.

History.

Politics and government.

Antitrust investigations.

United States.

Antitrust investigations--United States--History.

United States--Economic conditions--21st century.

Economic conditions.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

Income distribution--United States--History.

Economic history.

Local Subjects:

Income distribution--United States--History.

Antitrust investigations--United States--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

154 pages : illustration, map ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia Global Reports, [2018]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780999745465

0999745468

OCLC:

1029205194