Antitrust : taking on monopoly power from the gilded age to the digital age Cover Image

Antitrust : taking on monopoly power from the gilded age to the digital age / Amy Klobuchar.

Summary:

"An exploration of antitrust laws and their enforcement, and of the importance of antitrust for the American people."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780525654896
ISBN: 0525654895
Physical Description: 607 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-566) and index.

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.