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The curse of bigness : how corporate giants came to rule the world

Wu, Tim2020
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"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."
Author:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2020.
Collation:
183 pages : illustration ; 19 cm.
Notes:
First published in the United States in 2018 by Columbia Global Reports, New York.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
1 Where our path has led -- 2 The lost lessons of the Second World war -- 3 The anti-monopoly tradition -- 4 Peak anti-monopology -- 5 The tech explosions of the 1980s and 1990s -- 6 Neoliberalism's triumph -- 7. The problem of global monopoly -- 8 The rise of the tech giants -- Conclusion: Breaking up global economic power
ISBN:
9781838950828
Dewey class:
338.80973
Language:
English
BRN:
372405
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