Monopoly Power: How Did We Get Here, and What Are the Impacts?
Channel: Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Date: 2021-02-17

ILSR Director of Community Broadband Networks Christopher Mitchell digs into what we can learn from a handful of recent books on the history of current state of monopoly power in the United States.

Book list:

Liberty from All Masters: The New American Autocracy vs. the Will of the People - Barry Lynn
Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money - Zephyr Teachout
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age - Tim Wu
Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy - Matt Stoller
Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power - David Dayen
Monopolies Suck: 7 Ways Big Corporations Rule Your Life and How to Take Back Control - Sally Hubbard