The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

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The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age - Paperback

by Tim Wu
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Book Overview

From the man who coined the term "net neutrality," comes a warning about the dangers of excessive corporate and industrial concentration for our economic and political future.

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.

In The Curse of Bigness, Tim Wu explains how figures like Brandeis and Theodore Roosevelt first confronted the democratic threats posed by the great trusts of the Gilded Age--but the lessons of the Progressive Era were forgotten in the last 40 years. He calls for recovering the lost tenets of the trustbusting age as part of a broader revival of American progressive ideas as we confront the fallout of persistent and extreme economic inequality.
ISBN9780999745465
Author Tim Wu
PublisherColumbia Global Reports
GenreEducation and Business
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages154
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age - Paperback

The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age - Paperback

By Tim Wu

About Tim Wu

Tim Wu is Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School. He worked in the White House as special assistant to the President for technology and competition policy. The author of The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants, he lives in New York City.

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