The Hidden History of Monopolies by Thom Hartmann

The Hidden History of Monopolies by Thom Hartmann

This is the most important, dynamic book on the cancers of monopoly by giant corporations written in our generation.--from the foreword by Ralph Nader

American monopolies dominate, control, and consume most of the energy of our entire economic system; they function the same as cancer does in a body, and, like cancer, they weaken our systems while threatening to crash the entire body economic. American monopolies have also seized massive political power and use it to maintain their obscene profits and CEO salaries while crushing small competitors.

But Thom Hartmann, America's #1 progressive radio host, shows we've broken the control of behemoths like these before, and we can do it again.

Hartmann takes us from the birth of America as a revolt against monopoly (remember the Boston Tea Party?), to the largely successful efforts of both Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and other like-minded leaders to restrain corporations' monopolistic urges, to the massive changes in the rules of business starting during the Reagan Revolution that have brought us to the cancer stage of capitalism.

He shows the damage monopolies have done to so many industries: agriculture, healthcare, the media, and more. Individuals have taken a hit as well: the average American family pays a $5,000 a year monopoly tax in the form of higher prices for everything from pharmaceuticals to airfare to household goods and food. But Hartmann also describes commonsense, historically rooted measures we can take--such as revitalizing antitrust regulation, taxing great wealth, and getting money out of politics--to pry control of our country from the tentacles of the monopolists.

Thom Hartmann is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books that have been translated into seventeen languages. A four-time Project censored award winner, he is America's number one progressive radio host, heard on over 100 stations and seen live on Free Speech TV Network. He's been a successful entrepreneur; has helped start relief programs in Uganda, Colombia, Russia, Israel, India and Australia; and is a groundbreaking innovator in psychotherapy. He worked with the Dalai Lama, had a private audience with Pope John Paul II, and has taught marketing to Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and the National Security Agency.

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ISBN 13	9781523087730
ISBN 10	1523087730
Titel	The Hidden History of Monopolies
Autor	Thom Hartmann
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2020-08-25
Seitenanzahl	192
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.