An excellent brief survey of the history of antitrust enforcement and how it lost its way, with parallels to the modern American oligarchy and that of the gilded age. An important cautionary tale and call to action.

useful historical account

Wu offers an account of the history of antitrust that is understandable. The contrast between those promoting a “don’t mess with things if prices seem low” and a broader perspective emphasizing competition, future innovation, and balance in business and government made a lot of sense.

A short read that covers the history of antitrust in the US. Not as informative and fun to read compared to Tim Wu's previous books, but still a pretty engaging one nonetheless.

Solid and engaging intro to the left-leaning argument for strengthening antitrust law in the age of Amazon and Google. I expected this book to deal primarily with the current state of the tech platforms. Instead, it's much more of a full history, and I found the account of the earlier stages of monopoly power to be the most interesting parts. The robber barons's self-justifications -- that competition was a stage of human development that they were ushering humankind past -- were surprisingly fascinating. It was worth remembering that they had a philosophy underpinning the pursuit of self interest while assessing the self-justification of the current crop of monopolists.