Antimonopoly and American democracy / edited by Daniel A. Crane and William J. Novak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crane, Daniel A., editor.

Novak, William J., 1961- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monopolies--United States.

Monopolies.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'Antimonopoly and American Democracy' traces the history of antimonopoly politics in the United States, arguing that organized action against concentrated economic power comprises an important American democratic tradition. From the pre-revolutionary era to the age of Big Tech, the volume explores the effects that historical monopolies have had on democracy by using their wealth and influence to dominate electoral politics and regulation. Chapters also highlight a range of sites of economic concentration, from land ownership to media reach, and attempts at combating them, from labour organizing to constitutional revision.

Contents:

Cover

Antimonopoly and American Democracy

Copyright

Contents

List of Contributors

PART I: THE LONG HISTORY OF ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

1. Introduction: Democracy and the American Antimonopoly Tradition

2. Reframing the Monopoly Question: Commerce, Land, Industry

3. From Antimonopoly to Antitrust

PART II: RETHINKING THE PROGRESSIVE ANDNEW DEAL ANTIMONOPOLY TRADITIONS

4. Antimonopoly and State Regulation of Corporations in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

5. American Antimonopoly and the Rise of Regulated Industries Law

6. Banking and the Antimonopoly Tradition: The Long Road to the Bank Holding Company Act

PART III: REMAKING ANTIMONOPOLYIN A NEW GLOBAL AGE

7. De-​Nazifying by De-​Cartelizing: The Legacy of the American Decartelization Project in Germany

8. Jurisdiction beyond Our Borders: United States v. Alcoa and the Extraterritorial Reach of American Antitrust, 1909-​1945

9. From Market Power to State Capture: The Fateful Shift in Postwar Antimonopoly

PART IV: ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: SELECT CASE STUDIES

10. Antitrust and the Corporate Tax, 1909-​1928

11. Beyond the Labor Exemption: Labor's Antimonopoly Vision and the Fight for Greater Democracy

12. Anti-​Monopoly in the Media Industries: A History

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 27, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Crane, Daniel A. Antimonopoly and American Democracy

ISBN:

0-19-774470-2

0-19-774468-0

0-19-774469-9

OCLC:

1401008240