The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age
Last updated October 31, 2026
By Tim Wu
Tim Wu argues that the concentration of economic power in a small number of giant companies endangers democracy as well as competition. He takes his title from Louis Brandeis, who warned against bigness a century ago. Wu traces the history of American antitrust law from the trust-busting era of the early twentieth century through its later weakening, and calls for reviving it, including breaking up dominant technology firms.
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