{"product_id":"goliath-the-100year-war-between-monopoly-power-and-democracy-9781501183089","title":"Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA startling look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism transformed American politics  resulting in the emergence of populism and authoritarianism  the fall of the Democratic Partywhile also providing the steps needed to create a new democracy.  Americans once had a coherent and clear understanding of political tyranny  one crafted by Thomas Jefferson and updated for the industrial age by Louis Brandeis. A concentration of power  whether in the hands of a military dictator or a JP Morgan  was understood as autocratic and dangerous to individual liberty and democracy. This idea stretched back to the countrys founding. In the 1930s  people observed that the Great Depression was caused by financial concentration in the hands of a few whose misuse of their power induced a financial collapse. They drew on this tradition to craft the New Deal.  In Goliath  Matt Stoller explains how authoritarianism and populism have returned to American politics for the first time in eighty years  as the outcome of the 2016 election shook our faith in democratic institutions. It has brought to the fore dangerous forces that many modern Americans never even knew existed. Todays bitter recriminations and panic represent more than just fear of the future  they reflect a basic confusion about what is happening and the historical backstory that brought us to this moment.  The true effects of populism  a shrinking middle class  and concentrated financial wealth are only just beginning to manifest themselves under the current administrations. The lessons of Stollers study will only grow more relevant as time passes. Building upon his viral article in The Atlantic  How the Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul  Stoller illustrates in rich detail how we arrived at this tenuous moment  and the steps we must take to create a new democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279760416821,"sku":"ByrdShop_1501183087","price":28.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781501183089.jpg?v=1780609122","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/goliath-the-100year-war-between-monopoly-power-and-democracy-9781501183089","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}