Buy new:
-51% $16.00
Delivery Thursday, November 14
Ships from: Amazon
Sold by: TwinLine Shops
$16.00 with 51 percent savings
List Price: $32.50
The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price.
Learn more
FREE International Returns
No Import Charges & $10.51 Shipping to Canada Details

Shipping & Fee Details

Price $16.00
AmazonGlobal Shipping $10.51
Estimated Import Charges $0.00
Total $26.51

Delivery Thursday, November 14
Only 10 left in stock - order soon.
$$16.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$16.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon
Ships from
Amazon
Sold by
TwinLine Shops
Sold by
TwinLine Shops
Returns
Returnable until Jan 31, 2025
Returnable until Jan 31, 2025
For the 2024 holiday season, eligible items purchased between November 1 and December 31, 2024 can be returned until January 31, 2025.
Read full return policy
Returns
Returnable until Jan 31, 2025
For the 2024 holiday season, eligible items purchased between November 1 and December 31, 2024 can be returned until January 31, 2025.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$9.99
FREE International Returns
Delivery Thursday, November 21
Or fastest delivery Tuesday, November 19
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$16.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$16.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Added to

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Other sellers on Amazon
New & Used (39) from   $9.99
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Amy Klobuchar
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age Hardcover – Deckle Edge, April 27, 2021

by Amy Klobuchar (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 475 ratings
Editors' pick Best Nonfiction
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$16.00","priceAmount":16.00,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"16","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"00","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"dEyhRtr2jllF69bctE%2FDt3cjlKAkR4boQ1SDAODaqTKuLv32UMh3NAvmShNpluKjZbFLoDXx9W6xdeMgBXIE6OlzhL77XSPFC2RVWSPVlZelDjLd%2B5PrrZS99i%2B62gwr9Alf%2F4YpwYRjUafK6VFCzjH5iIQgQKz1%2FDI5J0dFLTZjTNkOH6FVTQ%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$9.99","priceAmount":9.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"9","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"dEyhRtr2jllF69bctE%2FDt3cjlKAkR4bo9EMJ4hZ2JIYTKu82EhgUnnuNpuJmFDeX2aKPVavW15n0A70Yl8UxyOY1niVQYi1hiE6hKWpN%2FyrT%2BKqqIqlZar0ts0CoT%2FbNTuCDgBMlmGXjb9lDAT1n%2FAMsv%2Fx5BZK6zelSEIyMtMb9f%2BpholVHPgM%2BiPlFbwXh","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Antitrust enforcement is one of the most pressing issues facing America today—and Amy Klobuchar, the widely respected senior senator from Minnesota, is leading the charge. This fascinating history of the antitrust movement shows us what led to the present moment and offers achievable solutions to prevent monopolies, promote business competition, and encourage innovation.

In a world where Google reportedly controls 90 percent of the search engine market and Big Pharma’s drug price hikes impact healthcare accessibility, monopolies can hurt consumers and cause marketplace stagnation. Klobuchar—the much-admired former candidate for president of the United States—argues for swift, sweeping reform in economic, legislative, social welfare, and human rights policies, and describes plans, ideas, and legislative proposals designed to strengthen antitrust laws and antitrust enforcement.

Klobuchar writes of the historic and current fights against monopolies in America, from Standard Oil and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to the Progressive Era's trust-busters; from the breakup of Ma Bell (formerly the world's biggest company and largest private telephone system) to the pricing monopoly of Big Pharma and the future of the giant tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google.

She begins with the Gilded Age (1870s-1900), when builders of fortunes and rapacious robber barons such as J. P. Morgan, John Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt were reaping vast fortunes as industrialization swept across the American landscape, with the rich getting vastly richer and the poor, poorer. She discusses President Theodore Roosevelt, who, during the Progressive Era (1890s-1920), "busted" the trusts, breaking up monopolies; the Clayton Act of 1914; the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; and the Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950, which it strengthened the Clayton Act. She explores today's Big Pharma and its price-gouging; and tech, television, content, and agriculture communities and how a marketplace with few players, or one in which one company dominates distribution, can hurt consumer prices and stifle innovation.

As the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, Klobuchar provides a fascinating exploration of antitrust in America and offers a way forward to protect all Americans from the dangers of curtailed competition, and from vast information gathering, through monopolies.
Previous slide of product details
  1. Print length
    624 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Knopf
  4. Publication date
    April 27, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    6.6 x 1.59 x 9.52 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0525654895
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0525654896
  8. See all details
Next slide of product details

Frequently bought together

Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age
This item: Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age
$16.00
Only 10 left in stock - order soon.
Sold by TwinLine Shops and ships from Amazon Fulfillment.
+
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age
$10.67
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War With Itself
$29.39
Usually ships within 2 to 3 days
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Total price: $00
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Details
Added to Cart
spCSRF_Treatment
Some of these items ship sooner than the others.
Show details Hide details
Choose items to buy together.

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
475 global ratings

Customers say

Customers find the book excellent and interesting. They say it holds their attention despite its complexity. Readers also appreciate the writing quality, saying it's well-written and consistent.

AI-generated from the text of customer reviews

Select to learn more
ReadabilityWriting quality
18 customers mention "Readability"18 positive0 negative

Customers find the book excellent, interesting, and marvelous. They say the writing is excellent and holds their attention. Readers mention the book is full of information, is informative, and well-documented.

"...Having scattered factoids of history I’ve known put together in context was great...." Read more

"...The writing was excellent and held the readers attention despite the complexity of the issues...." Read more

"...even with me not being a lawyer I feel like I have a much greater understanding of the subject...." Read more

"I just started reading (page 73) this captivating, thoroughly researched book and am totally intrigued by Antitrust laws that I remember from school..." Read more

13 customers mention "Writing quality"12 positive1 negative

Customers find the writing quality of the book well-written, easy to read, and remarkable. They also appreciate the consistent consistency between the text, content, and suggested responses. However, some readers feel that the main text is repetitive.

"The book was packed with facts and potential solutions. The writing was excellent and held the readers attention despite the complexity of the..." Read more

"...This is avery long book with over 250 pages of notes. The notes are fine, but the main text is repetitive..." Read more

"...The book is easy to read and will give you a good understanding of monopolies and why we are all paying a lot more than we should for medicine, etc.,..." Read more

"...efforts in America does have, despite serious flaws, a remarkable consistency between text, content and suggested response...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

ChrisD
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent historical context - still a complicated problem
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021
Verified Purchase
Canes and Pseudo D sum up the tone and content of the book very well. Having scattered factoids of history I’ve known put together in context was great. Even with some understandable bias Klobuchar does a good job making an often complicated topic more accessible. I liked seeing the early political cartoons but had to use a magnifying glass to see the small print in some. Otherwise the layout was also well done.

Having been in the software industry for over 30 years I agree with those that say technology companies are a different beastie and often misunderstood.

I still cringe when I hear Y2K was a dud - nothing happened - waste of money. It’s because we spent time and money doing tedious, non-marketable maintenance work that nothing much happened. After teaming up with our customer for months of code review, fixes and testing, we all waited for midnight to see how the system settled into the millennial digit change from 1 to 2. Turns out we had few bugs that our code scouring and testing missed, but they were minor and quickly patched.

From my experience in several successful software company acquisitions from both sides, it can be an effective way to weave together niche technologies into larger systems to fit specific needs. Doing it all homegrown is not efficient and typically without much inspiration. Small “startup” type companies are usually focused in a particular area with people who have a vision of how to address a problem. Often people in the acquired company stay on with the larger company. For one thing it takes knowledge on both sides to successfully merge software code and system metadata.

So, no - mergers and acquisitions are not inherently bad. They can be a good way to add functionality and standardize systems.
7 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Holly H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, thorough, well documented.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2021
Verified Purchase
The book was packed with facts and potential solutions. The writing was excellent and held the readers attention despite the complexity of the issues. The notes provided extensive backup and places to jump off from for additional research. Senators and Congresspersons at the national and state level should assign a staff member to each chapter and then, develop ways to support bills in process and to fashion new bills to address the problem(s).
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
leo c. hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024
Verified Purchase
Vote for Amy if she runs for president again
Helpful
 Report
Pseudo D
4.0 out of 5 stars break it down
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2021
Verified Purchase
Sen. Klobuchar writes on the topic of antitrust or what she calls competition policy. She begins
with some family history in her ancestors working for James J. Hill in the Twin Cities. There is
a detailed history going back to Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations, the Boston Tea Party
and the East India Company, and various comments of the founding fathers. Then there is the
great era of the "robber barrons" or "captains of industry" such as Rockefeller, Carnegie, J.P.
Morgan, Vanderbilt, etc. She discusses how the farmers in the Midwest were getting ripped
off by the railroad companies and fought back.

In this area of policy the legislators and judges are important, but it is helpful to frame history
in terms of the commanders in chief. This begins in detail with McKinley, and the trust-busting
era continued with Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and even continued into Harding, but slowed
down under Coolidge. Besides the Presidents, a key statesman was William Jennings Bryan.
Klobuchar also discusses figures such as Eugene Debs and the various muckrakers.

In the 50s or so there was the matter of Alcoa and Reynolds, which is of local interest in Massena.
Another company was General Electric. In the 70s there was AT&T, and in the 80s or so Klobuchar
was a lawyer for MCI. For me it's hard to root for MCI, I never really identified with them, but today
it's all about Verizon etc. She criticizes the government policy under Reagan and George W., but
the trend actually began with Carter, not because of Carter but just due to getting worn out.
She's not particularly pro-Obama or anti-Trump. The main thing about Trump was that he picked
and chose when to use antitrust, but the same was said of TR, and she cites Progressive Era by
Murray Rothbard, of all people. The other reviewer knows the topic and pointed out the weaknesses
in her arguments.

She refers to the conservative lawyers as the "Chicago" school, named after Richard Posner and
including Judge Bork and Justice Thomas, while the liberals from "Harvard" included Justice
Breyer and several others. Breyer is well aware that the topic is boring and complex. The problem,
as Robert Bork pointed out, is the Constitution doesn't give much guidance here, and few legislators
have the intellectual rigor to apply criteria in a coherent way. She clearly thinks Bork's philosophy
was wrong, but his success shows his ability. He did think that Microsoft was becoming a monopoly.
She concludes with 25 proposals including more funding for lawyers, amendments to the Constitution, campaign finance, more liberal judges, a more competitive old-fashioned media, etc.

Later companies that we remember include Walmart and Microsoft. Apple was once little compared
to IBM and later Microsoft, and now of course it's Google, Facebook and Amazon. This isn't necessarily
a partisan issue, at least on some points. Amy talks a lot about her colleagues Chuck Grassley and
Mike Lee. Josh Hawley, even though he was criticized with Trump for questioning the election, is in agreement on some of these things. Many people understand the way that the control of information
is having a negative effect on their lives. Klobuchar also discusses markets such as drug companies
and hotels. (Hint: all the hotel booking companies are actually the same thing).

Klobuchar was considered "moderate" in the primaries but here positions as a Midwest liberal in
the tradition of Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Jesse Jackson, Harkin and Wellstone. This is a
very long book with over 250 pages of notes. The notes are fine, but the main text is repetitive
toward the end and could have been cut. The good news is, when it's this long it's not just writing
another book to do it. It's a more in-depth study while attempting to popularize with references
to the game Monopoly and political cartoons from over the different eras. Her previous book
was around 2015, and there was no campaign book because she was working on this one.
19 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Lianna Evans
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent primer in monopolies
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2021
Verified Purchase
I bought this book on pre-order and finally got through to the end TONIGHT. I have several kids, a busy professional day job, and all the rigamarole that comes with... so finding the time was hard. I finally decided to pair an audio book version (listened at 1.80x speed to match my reading speed) while I read the chapters and the (extensive!!) footnotes while listening about 1 week ago - otherwise I might still be on page 97...

This book is DENSE. It's COMPLEX. It's a huge subject... but even with me not being a lawyer I feel like I have a much greater understanding of the subject. There were times I felt like the author was "grand standing" on all the bills she's sponsored or co-sponsored, but then I realized it's because she really HAS done a lot with her passion for this topic and felt an appreciation for that passion and commitment to writing a few million words in those bills... and it led to respect, more than anything. If you're not interested in our nation's economy or big business, this book isn't for you. If you're really wanting to understand exactly how things got so messy and frustrating? This book ties a lot of it together in a comprehensible format that, while still a huge topic, you'll finish knowing more than when you started.

I really liked the organizational flow of the book (historical to present to future planning and calls to action). The dense content made it somewhat difficult to understand, as I'm not a lawyer, but she really worked hard to simplify a very complex subject.

I'm super glad I bought and finally finished this book!
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Jim Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read
Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2021
Verified Purchase
Very well written book. Lots of factual information and excellent insight into the workings of lobbyists and not so honest politicians.
Report
Mdm Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars Big 5 Tech companies own 20% of the GDP
Reviewed in Singapore on November 5, 2024
Verified Purchase
All the lawsuits, litigations now reviewed in courts and Supreme Courts
Report