{"product_id":"monopolized-david-dayen-9781620975411","title":"Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the airlines we fly to the food we eat, how a tiny group of corporations have come to dominate every aspect of our lives--by one of our most intrepid and accomplished journalists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If you're looking for a book . . . that will get your heart pumping and your blood boiling and that will remind you why we're in these fights--add this one to your list.\" --Senator Elizabeth Warren on David Dayen's \u003cem\u003eChain of Title\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the last forty years our choices have narrowed, our opportunities have shrunk, and our lives have become governed by a handful of very large and very powerful corporations. Today, practically everything we buy, everywhere we shop, and every service we secure comes from a heavily concentrated market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a world where four major banks control most of our money, four airlines shuttle most of us around the country, and four major cell phone providers connect most of our communications. If you are sick you can go to one of three main pharmacies to fill your prescription, and if you end up in a hospital almost every accessory to heal you comes from one of a handful of large medical suppliers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDayen, the editor of the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/em\u003e and author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eChain of Title\u003c\/em\u003e, provides a riveting account of what it means to live in this new age of monopoly and how we might resist this corporate hegemony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough vignettes and vivid case studies Dayen shows how these monopolies have transformed us, inverted us, and truly changed our lives, at the same time providing readers with the raw material to make monopoly a consequential issue in American life and revive a long-dormant antitrust movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Dayen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620975416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620975411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2020 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/2020","brand":"David Dayen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042724442367,"sku":"9781620975411","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c442ec6-1e19-4edd-b502-8c522f09bdca.jpg?v=1684963161","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monopolized-david-dayen-9781620975411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}