💰 Monopoly And Power

Examinations of how concentrated market control translates into political influence, social control, and the erosion of democratic accountability in the shadow of corporate giants.

The Profit Paradox

by Jan Eeckhout • 2021

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

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📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

The Profit Paradox 91%

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

by Jan Eeckhout 2021

3.91

302 ratings

📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

Saving Capitalism

by Robert B. Reich • 2004

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Saving Capitalism 90%

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

by Robert B. Reich 2004

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5k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent

by Sam Wilkin • 2015

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

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🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 90%

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

by Sam Wilkin 2015

3.71

357 ratings

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

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🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch 90%

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

by Tim Wu 2010

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8k+ ratings

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Problem of Twelve

by John Coates • 2023

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

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🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

The Problem of Twelve 89%

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

by John Coates 2023

3.52

177 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

The Age of Extraction

by Tim Wu • 2025

Tech platforms now extract wealth from everyone. History shows where that concentration leads.

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🏗️ Platform Economics ⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 💰 Extractive Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy

The Age of Extraction 89%

Tech platforms now extract wealth from everyone. History shows where that concentration leads.

by Tim Wu 2025

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1k+ ratings

🏗️ Platform Economics ⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 💰 Extractive Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy

The People's Business

by Lee Drutman • 2004

Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.

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🏛️ Corporate Accountability ⚖️ Corporate Personhood 💰 Money In Politics 🕴️ Shareholder Primacy 🐙 Regulatory Capture

The People's Business 89%

Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.

by Lee Drutman 2004

4.33

12 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Accountability ⚖️ Corporate Personhood 💰 Money In Politics 🕴️ Shareholder Primacy 🐙 Regulatory Capture

Goliath

by Matt Stoller • 2019

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

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⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Goliath 89%

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

by Matt Stoller 2019

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1k+ ratings

⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

People, Power, and Profits

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2019

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

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📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

People, Power, and Profits 89%

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019

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2k+ ratings

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

The Oligarchs’ Grip

by David Lingelbach • 2023

Oligarchs turn money into power and power into money. The playbook predates Rome, and it's winning.

3.67

🔬 Political Economy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🎯 State Capture 👑 Elite Studies 🕶️ Shadow Networks

The Oligarchs’ Grip 89%

Oligarchs turn money into power and power into money. The playbook predates Rome, and it's winning.

by David Lingelbach 2023

3.67

3 ratings

🔬 Political Economy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🎯 State Capture 👑 Elite Studies 🕶️ Shadow Networks

Beyond Outrage

by Robert B. Reich • 2012

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

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🏚️ Economic Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🏢 Corporate Power 📈 Progressive Economics 🏛️ Political Economy

Beyond Outrage 89%

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

by Robert B. Reich 2012

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2k+ ratings

🏚️ Economic Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🏢 Corporate Power 📈 Progressive Economics 🏛️ Political Economy

Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's

by G. William Domhoff • 1083

Exclusive clubs, think tanks, and family offices: how a tiny ruling class kept the American agenda.

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🏛️ Political Sociology 🧐 Class Analysis 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Influence 👑 Elite Theory

Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's Summary

Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's 89%

Exclusive clubs, think tanks, and family offices: how a tiny ruling class kept the American agenda.

by G. William Domhoff 1083

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30 ratings

🏛️ Political Sociology 🧐 Class Analysis 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Influence 👑 Elite Theory

The Captured Economy

by Brink Lindsey • 2017

Why the economy works for the rich and against everyone else. Four policy levers, no conspiracy.

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🔒 Regulatory Capture 💸 Rent-Seeking 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Land Use Regulation 🏦 Financial Regulation

The Captured Economy 89%

Why the economy works for the rich and against everyone else. Four policy levers, no conspiracy.

by Brink Lindsey 2017

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416 ratings

🔒 Regulatory Capture 💸 Rent-Seeking 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Land Use Regulation 🏦 Financial Regulation

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

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⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 89%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

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4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

The Transformation of Corporate Control

by Neil Fligstein • 1990

Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.

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🏢 Corporate History 📊 Economic Sociology ⚖️ Antitrust Law 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Transformation of Corporate Control Summary

The Transformation of Corporate Control 89%

Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.

by Neil Fligstein 1990

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11 ratings

🏢 Corporate History 📊 Economic Sociology ⚖️ Antitrust Law 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏛️ Corporate Governance

Vulture Capitalism

by Grace Blakeley • 2024

The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Neoliberalism 🌍 Imperialism 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Vulture Capitalism 89%

The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.

by Grace Blakeley 2024

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Neoliberalism 🌍 Imperialism 🗳️ Economic Democracy

American Amnesia

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2016

America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Market Failures 🏢 Corporate Power ⚡ Political Polarization

American Amnesia 89%

America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.

by Jacob S. Hacker 2016

4.14

674 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Market Failures 🏢 Corporate Power ⚡ Political Polarization

The Winner-Take-All Society

by Robert H. Frank • 1995

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

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📉 Income Inequality 🌟 Superstar Economics 🏁 Positional Arms Races 🎓 Educational Gatekeeping 💻 Technology And Inequality

The Winner-Take-All Society 89%

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

by Robert H. Frank 1995

3.70

257 ratings

📉 Income Inequality 🌟 Superstar Economics 🏁 Positional Arms Races 🎓 Educational Gatekeeping 💻 Technology And Inequality

The Corruption of Economics

by Mason Gaffney • 1994

To defeat one reformer, economists rewrote their discipline and deleted land as a category.

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🌍 Georgism 🏠 Land Monopoly 💰 Rent-Seeking 🗳️ Single Tax Movement 📉 Neoclassical Critique

The Corruption of Economics 89%

To defeat one reformer, economists rewrote their discipline and deleted land as a category.

by Mason Gaffney 1994

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16 ratings

🌍 Georgism 🏠 Land Monopoly 💰 Rent-Seeking 🗳️ Single Tax Movement 📉 Neoclassical Critique

The System

by Robert B. Reich • 2020

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

The System 89%

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

by Robert B. Reich 2020

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4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

Affluence and Influence

by Martin Gilens • 2010

When the rich and the rest disagree, policy follows the rich. Forty years of data.

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💰 Money In Politics 📉 Income Inequality 🏛️ Plutocracy 🗳️ Political Representation 🧠 Power Elite Theory

Affluence and Influence 89%

When the rich and the rest disagree, policy follows the rich. Forty years of data.

by Martin Gilens 2010

3.79

145 ratings

💰 Money In Politics 📉 Income Inequality 🏛️ Plutocracy 🗳️ Political Representation 🧠 Power Elite Theory

Capitalist Punishment

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2023

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

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📋 Esg Investing 📊 Corporate Governance 🏦 Wall Street Critique ⚠️ Woke Capitalism 🏛️ Market Concentration

Capitalist Punishment 89%

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2023

4.04

327 ratings

📋 Esg Investing 📊 Corporate Governance 🏦 Wall Street Critique ⚠️ Woke Capitalism 🏛️ Market Concentration

When More Is Not Better

by Roger L. Martin • 2020

Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.

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💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems ⚠️ Efficiency Traps 🎯 Perverse Incentives

When More Is Not Better 89%

Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.

by Roger L. Martin 2020

3.80

292 ratings

💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems ⚠️ Efficiency Traps 🎯 Perverse Incentives

Oligarchy

by Jeffrey A. Winters • 2011

Oligarchy isn't rule by the few. It's wealth defense. That's why democracy doesn't end it.

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🏛️ Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🗳️ Political Power 💸 Tax Avoidance 🌍 Comparative Politics

Oligarchy 89%

Oligarchy isn't rule by the few. It's wealth defense. That's why democracy doesn't end it.

by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011

4.30

166 ratings

🏛️ Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🗳️ Political Power 💸 Tax Avoidance 🌍 Comparative Politics

Superclass

by David Rothkopf • 2008

About six thousand people actually run the world. They are not who you voted for.

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487

🌍 Global Elites 🌐 Transnational Power 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 🏢 Corporate Globalization

Superclass 89%

About six thousand people actually run the world. They are not who you voted for.

by David Rothkopf 2008

3.57

487 ratings

🌍 Global Elites 🌐 Transnational Power 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 🏢 Corporate Globalization

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom 88%

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

3.98

857 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

Nation on the Take

by Wendell Potter • 2016

Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.

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126

💰 Money In Politics 🏛️ Corporate Lobbying 🗳️ Political Corruption ⛓️ Regulatory Capture 👑 Oligarchy

Nation on the Take 88%

Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.

by Wendell Potter 2016

3.97

126 ratings

💰 Money In Politics 🏛️ Corporate Lobbying 🗳️ Political Corruption ⛓️ Regulatory Capture 👑 Oligarchy

All the Presidents' Bankers

by Nomi Prins • 2014

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

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539

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

All the Presidents' Bankers 88%

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

by Nomi Prins 2014

4.07

539 ratings

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

Giants

by Peter Phillips • 2018

How a small group of financiers and their directors captured governments, media, and the military.

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257

🏦 Financial Power 🌐 Global Elite ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 📣 Propaganda Model

Giants 88%

How a small group of financiers and their directors captured governments, media, and the military.

by Peter Phillips 2018

3.79

257 ratings

🏦 Financial Power 🌐 Global Elite ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 📣 Propaganda Model

Controligarchs

by Seamus Bruner • 2023

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

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271

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Controligarchs 88%

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

by Seamus Bruner 2023

4.10

271 ratings

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Corporation Nation

by Charles Derber • 1998

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.

3.74

🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Corporate Welfare 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy ✊ Labor Movements

Corporation Nation 88%

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.

by Charles Derber 1998

3.74

65 ratings

🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Corporate Welfare 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy ✊ Labor Movements

Winner-Take-All Politics

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2010

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Income Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🎮 Regulatory Capture ✊ Labor Unions

Winner-Take-All Politics 88%

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

by Jacob S. Hacker 2010

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Income Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🎮 Regulatory Capture ✊ Labor Unions

The Tech Coup

by Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

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468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Tech Coup 88%

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

by Marietje Schaake 2024

3.78

468 ratings

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

Plutocrats

by Chrystia Freeland • 2012

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

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💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

Plutocrats 88%

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

by Chrystia Freeland 2012

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3k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty

by Albert O. Hirschman • 1970

Organizations fail because those who care most leave first, silencing the pressure for change.

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📈 Political Economy 📉 Organizational Decline 🤝 Collective Action 📢 Political Voice 🔄 Cognitive Dissonance

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty 88%

Organizations fail because those who care most leave first, silencing the pressure for change.

by Albert O. Hirschman 1970

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1k+ ratings

📈 Political Economy 📉 Organizational Decline 🤝 Collective Action 📢 Political Voice 🔄 Cognitive Dissonance

The Power Elite and the State

by G. William Domhoff • 1990

Social Security and the IMF were built by the same corporate insiders they supposedly tamed.

3.83

🏛️ Elite Theory 💼 Corporate Influence 📊 Class Analysis 🧠 Think Tank Networks 🏥 Welfare State Origins

The Power Elite and the State 88%

Social Security and the IMF were built by the same corporate insiders they supposedly tamed.

by G. William Domhoff 1990

3.83

6 ratings

🏛️ Elite Theory 💼 Corporate Influence 📊 Class Analysis 🧠 Think Tank Networks 🏥 Welfare State Origins

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 88%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

Move Fast and Break Things

by Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

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Move Fast and Break Things 88%

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

by Jonathan Taplin 2017

3.59

2k+ ratings

The Speech

by Bernie Sanders • 2010

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

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📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

The Speech 88%

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

by Bernie Sanders 2010

4.20

916 ratings

📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

The Economics of Innocent Fraud

by John Kenneth Galbraith • 2004

Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.

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525

🌐 Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏢 Corporate Power 📢 Manufactured Demand 📋 Corporate Governance

The Economics of Innocent Fraud 88%

Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.

by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004

3.61

525 ratings

🌐 Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏢 Corporate Power 📢 Manufactured Demand 📋 Corporate Governance

Bad Company

by Megan Greenwell • 2025

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

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🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Bad Company 88%

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

by Megan Greenwell 2025

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Fight Oligarchy

by Bernie Sanders • 2025

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

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3k+

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Fight Oligarchy 88%

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

by Bernie Sanders 2025

4.37

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

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491

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Predator Nation 88%

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

by Charles Ferguson 2012

4.11

491 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

The Age of Acquiescence

by Steve Fraser • 2015

Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.

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454

✊ Class Conflict 💰 Wealth Inequality 👷 Labor Movements 🏢 Corporate Power 🏦 American Capitalism

The Age of Acquiescence 88%

Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.

by Steve Fraser 2015

3.82

454 ratings

✊ Class Conflict 💰 Wealth Inequality 👷 Labor Movements 🏢 Corporate Power 🏦 American Capitalism

Survival of the Richest

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

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💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Survival of the Richest 88%

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2022

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3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

The Robber Barons

by Matthew Josephson • 1934

A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.

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429

💰 Gilded Age 🏭 Captains Of Industry 🎩 Monopoly And Trusts 🚂 Railroad Empires 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Robber Barons 88%

A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.

by Matthew Josephson 1934

3.73

429 ratings

💰 Gilded Age 🏭 Captains Of Industry 🎩 Monopoly And Trusts 🚂 Railroad Empires 🏛️ Political Corruption

Plunder

by Brendan Ballou • 2023

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

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🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Plunder 88%

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

by Brendan Ballou 2023

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

World Without Mind

by Franklin Foer • 2017

A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🧱 Monopoly Power 🤖 Algorithmic Control 📱 Attention Economy 🏪 Cultural Homogenization

World Without Mind 88%

A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.

by Franklin Foer 2017

3.63

2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🧱 Monopoly Power 🤖 Algorithmic Control 📱 Attention Economy 🏪 Cultural Homogenization

The Givers

by David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

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485

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