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Title:
Antitrust : taking on monopoly power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age / Amy Klobuchar.
Author:
Klobuchar, Amy, author.
ISBN:
9780525654896
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
607 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf."
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.
Abstract:
"An exploration of antitrust laws and their enforcement, and of the importance of antitrust for the American people"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Adult Brodart.
Corporate Subject:
Publication Date:
2021
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