{"product_id":"the-bigness-complex-9780804749695","title":"The Bigness Complex","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, this book demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adams and Brock demolish the view that equates size and efficiency and expose how special interests distort public policy for the purpose of corporate welfare.\"—Douglas Irwin, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College\u003cbr\u003e\"Economics can't properly be separated from politics, because economic power translates directly into political power. At a time in our nation's history when wealth is more concentrated than at any time since the Gilded Age, \u003ci\u003eThe Bigness Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is enormously helpful for understanding what's wrong and what's needed to put it right. Anyone who cares about the future of American capitalism and democracy should read this book and take to heart its message.\"—Robert B. Reich, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis University\u003cbr\u003e\"This book brings the full, dramatic weight of mainstream economic research against the excesses and follies—and the dangers—of businesses that are simply too big. As Adams and Brock show, corporate obesity has cut efficiency, reduced innovation, and eroded the fairness of American society.\"—William G. Shepherd, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  \tList of Tables and Charts  Preface  Part I The Problem of Power  1.\tPower and Public Policy  2. \tEconomists and Power  Part II The Apologetics of Power  3. \tOperating Efficiency  4.\tInnovation Efficiency  5.\tSocial Efficiency  Part III The Political Economy of Power: A Historical Perspective  6.\tThe Revolution of 1776: American Government  7.\tThe Revolution of 1776: British Economic Policy  Part IV Competition and the Control of Power  8.\tThe Role of Antitrust  9. \tCartels  10.\tMonopoly  11.\tThe Merger Problem  12.\tHorizontal Mergers and Joint Ventures  13.\tVertical Mergers  14.\tConglomerate Mergers  15.\tThe Limitations of Antitrust  Part V Government Intervention and Private Power  16.\tThe Regulation of Power  17.\tAirline Regulation  18.\tThe Limits of Deregulation  19.\tThe Protection of Power  20.\tThe Bailout of Power  Part VI The Coalescence of Power  21.\tThe Labor-Industrial Complex  22.\tThe \"Sports-Industrial\" Complex  Part VII Public Policy Alternatives  23.\tThe Neo-Darwinist Vision  24.\tThe Neo-Liberal Vision  25.\tA Public Philosophy  \tNotes  Index        Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Big business United States, Industrial concentration United States, Industries Size United States, Industrial efficiency United States, Competition United States, Trade regulation United States","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405558194519,"sku":"9780804749695","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804749695.jpg?v=1730492826","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bigness-complex-9780804749695","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}