Goliath : the 100-year war between monopoly power and democracy / Matt Stoller.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback editionDescription: xix, 588 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501182891 (paperback)
  • 1501182897 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.8/20973
LOC classification:
  • HD 2757.2 S875g 2020
Contents:
1912 -- Mellonism -- The impeachment of the old order -- Populists take power -- Trustbusters against Hitler -- A democracy of small businesses -- The New Deal constitution -- Egghead liberals and the return of the corporatists -- The free market study project -- The rebirth of Wall Street -- Wriston versus Patman -- Penn central -- The collapse of the New Deal consensus -- Watergate babies -- The liberal crack-up -- The Reagan revolution -- The Morgans, the Mellons, and the Milkens -- Tech goliaths and too big to fail.
Summary: "A startling look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism transformed American politics, resulting in the emergence of populism and authoritarianism, the fall of the Democratic Party--while also providing the steps needed to create a new democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1912 -- Mellonism -- The impeachment of the old order -- Populists take power -- Trustbusters against Hitler -- A democracy of small businesses -- The New Deal constitution -- Egghead liberals and the return of the corporatists -- The free market study project -- The rebirth of Wall Street -- Wriston versus Patman -- Penn central -- The collapse of the New Deal consensus -- Watergate babies -- The liberal crack-up -- The Reagan revolution -- The Morgans, the Mellons, and the Milkens -- Tech goliaths and too big to fail.

"A startling look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism transformed American politics, resulting in the emergence of populism and authoritarianism, the fall of the Democratic Party--while also providing the steps needed to create a new democracy"-- Provided by publisher.

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