{"product_id":"chokepoint-capitalism-9780807012659","title":"Chokepoint Capitalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChokepoint Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, scholar Rebecca Giblin and writer and activist Cory Doctorow argue we’re in a new era of “chokepoint capitalism,” with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others. All workers are weakened by this, but the problem is especially well-illustrated by the plight of creative workers. From Amazon’s use of digital rights management and bundling to radically change the economics of book publishing, to Google and Facebook’s siphoning away","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527750787415,"sku":"9780807012659","price":16.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807012659.jpg?v=1731869098","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chokepoint-capitalism-9780807012659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}