Antitrust taking on monopoly power from the gilded age to the digital age
Antitrust enforcement is one of the most pressing issues facing America today-and Amy Klobuchar, the widely respected senior senator from Minnesota, is leading the charge. This fascinating history of the antitrust movement shows us what led to the present moment and offers achievable solutions to pr...
| Main Author: | Klobuchar, Amy (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Monopoly
- it's not just a game : the roots of America's anti-monopolist movement
- Don't trust the trusts : James J. Hill, the Gilded Age, and the labor movement
- A heartland rebellion : the grangers, a political prairie fire, and a republican authors the Sherman Act
- Teddy Roosevelt and the antitrust enforcers : the trustbusters take over the white house
- The last 100 years : a century of antitrust action (and inaction) in the courts and Congress
- We the people : why antitrust matters for our democracy and our economy
- The modern-day antitrust challenges: corporate consolidation, congressional inertia, and the conservative courts
- The path forward : the solutions to America's monopoly problem.