The Great Reversal
How America Gave Up on Free Markets
Thomas Philippon
Explore the concentration of corporate power and the impact it has on the American economy in this thought-provoking book. Discover how lobbying and campaign contributions have defanged antitrust regulations and why American markets are giving up on healthy competition. Follow the author on his journey through cutting-edge research as he uncovers surprising conclusions about industry concentration in the US and Europe. Learn why it's time for the government to return to what it once did best: keeping the playing field level for competition.
Publish Date
2019-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
2019-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.2
ISBN
9780674237544
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Recommendations
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Recommendations
2020-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
This is the most important book on economics I've read in a while. It will explains how the United States went from being a vibrant free market with low prices for consumers to one in which oligopolies and monopolies abound and consumers get shafted with higher price. – source