Bibliograph

Monopolized, life in the age of corporate power, David Dayen

Type

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Monopolized, life in the age of corporate power, David Dayen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Monopolized

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1130768631

Responsibility statement

David Dayen

Sub title

life in the age of corporate power

Summary

"David Dayen explains how a narrow interpretation of the Sherman Act four decades ago spawned an age of unprecedented deregulation and corporate dominance... Dayen offers a riveting account of what it means to live in this period--and how we might resist this corporate hegemony."--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Monopolies are why people keep contracting deep vein thrombosis on long-haul flights -- Monopolies are why a farmer's daughter is crying behind the desk of a Best Western -- Monopolies are why hundreds of journalists became filmmakers, then back to writers, then unemployed -- Monopolies are why students sit in Starbucks parking lots at night to do their homework -- Monopolies are why teamsters stormed a podium to tell one another about their dead friends and relatives -- Monopolies among banks are why there are monopolies among every other economic sector -- Monopolies are why America can't build or run a single weapons system without assistance from China -- Monopolies are why a small business owner and his girlfriend had to get permission from Amazon to live together -- Monopolies are why hospitals can give patients prosthetic limbs and artificial hearts but not salt and water in a bag -- Monopolies are why a woman found her own home listed for rent on Zillow -- Monopolies are why a family has only seen the top of their loved ones' head for the past two years -- Monopolies are why I traveled to Chicago and Tel Aviv to learn how to stop them

Target audience

adult

Classification