The New Antitrust Canon
The current self-determination movement is deeply rooted in a long tradition of antitrust thought. It's important for self-determination advocates to understand where the ideas we espouse come from.
The New Antitrust Canon
In a recent post, I encouraged my readers to read what I call “The New Antitrust Canon” - a growing number of books by a diverse group of authors about why antitrust law has the potential to fix our economy. I’d like to flesh out what I mean a little more. Over the past 5 years, a group of scholars dubbed the “New Brandeis Movement” has published a number of well-written books laying out the case for revitalizing the pre-Reagan interpretations of our antitrust laws.
Here’s my current version of “The New Antitrust Canon,” in no particular order:
New Brandeis books:
Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power, by David Dayen
Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money by Zephyr Teachout
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age by Tim Wu
Goliath, The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, by Matt Stoller
Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox by Lina M Khan
Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction by Barry C Lynn
Liberty From All Masters: The New American Autocracy vs. the Will of the People by Barry C Lynn
Related blogs:
Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic
BIG by Matt Stoller
CoRe blog
Matt Stoller wrote a similar compilation of antitrust writings here
The Old Antitrust Canon
Other People’s Money by Louis D Brandeis
The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M Tarbell
Other books and writings that have influenced my views of concentration and antitrust:
Makers, by Cory Doctorow
The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town by Brian Alexander
War is a Racketby Smedley Butler
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
Apostolic Circular of July 10, 1875
Isaiah 5:7-11 – “He looked for judgment, but behold oppression… woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field…”
Antitrust Fanfiction
The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War With Itself by Robert H Bork