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The Bigness Complex confronts the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, it demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. The analysis is framed in the timeless context of American distrust of concentrations of power. The authors show how both the left and the right fail to address the central problem of power in formulating their diagnoses and recommendations. The book concludes with an alternative public philosophy as a viable guidepost for public policy toward business in a free-enterprise democracy.
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The Bigness Complex, Walter Adams, James W. Brock
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- Released
- 1987
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- Title
- The Bigness Complex
- Subtitle
- Industry, Labor, and Government in the American Economy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Walter Adams, James W. Brock
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 426
- ISBN10
- 0394751698
- ISBN13
- 9780394751696
- Series
- Rating
- 5 out of 5
- Description
- The Bigness Complex confronts the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, it demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. The analysis is framed in the timeless context of American distrust of concentrations of power. The authors show how both the left and the right fail to address the central problem of power in formulating their diagnoses and recommendations. The book concludes with an alternative public philosophy as a viable guidepost for public policy toward business in a free-enterprise democracy.