The Problem of Bigness: From Standard Oil to Google

Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 94 - 117
Published: Aug 1, 2019
Abstract
This article sets recent expressions of alarm about the monopoly power of technology giants such as Google and Amazon in the long history of Americans’ response to big business. I argue that we cannot understand that history unless we realize that Americans have always been concerned about the political and economic dangers of bigness, not just the threat of high prices. The problem policymakers faced after the rise of Standard Oil was how to...
Paper Details
Title
The Problem of Bigness: From Standard Oil to Google
Published Date
Aug 1, 2019
Volume
33
Issue
3
Pages
94 - 117
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