The bigness complex
industry, labor, and government in the American economy
2nd ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Brock, James W. - Contributor
Publication
2004 - Stanford Economics and Finance, Stanford, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
96,500 words, Guess
Page Count
386 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3288701M
- ISBN-100804749698
- OCLC Control Number54066231
- Library of Congress Control Number2004001030
- Goodreads4577004
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- LibraryThing2038585
Classifications
- DDC338.6/44/0973
- LCCHD2785 .A68 2004
Description
"The Bigness Complex confronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, it demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges." "This new edition has a thoroughly updated variety of issues, examples, and new development, including government bailouts of the airline industry; regulation of biotechnology; the fiasco of recent electricity deregulation; and mergers and consolidations in oil, radio, and grocery retailing. The analysis is framed in the timeless context of American distrust of concentrations of power. The authors show how both the left and right fail to address the central problem of power in formulating their diagnoses and recommendations. The book concludes with an alternative public philosophy as a viable guidepost for public policy toward business in a free-enterprise democracy."--BOOK JACKET.
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