The Hidden History of Monopolies by Hartmann, Thom -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Foreword Introduction: Cancer and Monopoly

Part One: America Was Founded on Resistance to Monopoly

Birthed in the Fight Against Monopoly The Founders Challenge Monopoly Madison’s Vision: Government to Fight Factions The Founders on Patents and Copyrights The Monopolists Rise Up Progressives Fight Back

Part Two: Conservatives and Modern Monopolies vs. the Middle Class

Monopoly in the 20th Century: Roosevelt Warns of Concentrated Wealth and Fascism Monopoly and Fascism in America Today Where Did America’s Middle Class Come From? Where Did America’s Middle Class Go? How Reaganomics Killed the Jetsons Reaganomics Ensured American Leisure for the Few, Not the Many More Unequal than Rome How the Monopolists Stole the US Government Government as a Monopoly? Commons vs. Private Libertarians Object The New Feudalism From Route 66 to Anytown, USA The Borking of America The Fortunes Bork Made Monopoly Is Anti-business

Part Three: Living Monopoly Today and in Praise of Inefficiency

Monopoly in Milk: The End of a Family Dairy Farm Big Ag Mergers Monopoly in Pharma: Big Private Profits from Publicly Granted Patents Just Three Companies Hospital Consolidation Kills Monopoly in Media: How Big Money Controls the Stories We Tell The Early Days of Fox: Losing Money to Gain Political Power Unbundling Cable, Phones, and TV Turning Financial Power into Political Power The Racial Wealth Monopoly Monopolies over Labor Cheap Labor, and Getting Cheaper Less for Labor Means More for CEOs Solution: Democracy’s Immune System Solution: Replace the “Consumer Welfare” Framework Solution: Break Up the Internet Giants Solution: Bring Back the Corporate Death Penalty Solution: Ban Preemption Laws Written by Corporations The Core Solution: Competition

Notes Acknowledgments Index About the Author