monopolies

"When the world's largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: 'The Every'"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses digital monopolies, how they affect consumers, and what various groups of people, such as governments, politicians and more, are doing to address it.

In our digital age, online companies such as Google and Amazon are experiencing tremendous growth. The power and influence of these digital companies was demonstrated in September 2017 when Amazon bought the popular organic grocery Whole Foods for a record 13 million dollars.

Provides an account of the first major test of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, discussing the cases brought against Louisiana in 1873 by butchers who claimed they were being denied the right to labor by the state which had authorized a monopoly slaughterhouse in an attempt to address sanitation problems in New Orleans, and analyzes the significance of the majority and minority opinions of the Court justices.

Chronicles the computer industry's fight over Internet resources, discussing how various companies have struggled to become the most powerful force in computers.

Traces the history of monopolies in America from the railroad era to the computer software empires of the late twentieth century, focusing on the powerful individuals who built the most successful monopolies.