{"title":"Barry C. Lynn","description":"\u003cp\u003eBARRY C. LYNN is the founder and executive director of the Open Markets Institute and the author of two books on monopoly capitalism and global commerce. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eCornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEnd of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynn is the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship. His articles have appeared in \u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Lynn directs the Open Markets Institute, a role that grew out of fifteen years leading the Open Markets Program at the New America Foundation. His work draws on earlier experience as a correspondent for the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse in South America and the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry C. Lynn’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cornered-the-new-monopoly-capitalism-and-the-economics-of-destruction","title":"Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA manifesto for our times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomas Frank,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarry C. Lynn, one of the most original and surprising students of the American economy, paints a genuinely alarming picture: most of our public debates about globalization, competitiveness, creative destruction, and risky finance are nothing more than a cover for the widespread consolidation of power in nearly every imaginable sector of the American economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCornered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estrips the camouflage from the secret world of twenty-first-century monopolies-neofeudalist empires whose sheer size, vast resources, and immense political power enable the people who control to direct virtually every major industry in America in an increasingly authoritarian manner. Lynn reveals how these massive juggernauts, which would have been illegal just thirty years ago, came into being, how they have destroyed or devoured their competition, and how they collude with one another to maintain their power and create the illusion of open, competitive markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA confluence of small government zealotry and misguided efficient market theories has lead to a complete dismantling of government oversight of industry. Has that brought us the promised economic utopia? Just the opposite. For decades, the dominant elite has used the federal government to all but encourage companies to buy one another up, outsource all their production, and make their profits by leveraging their complete power over the market itself. Lynn makes clear it will take more than a lawsuit or two to overthrow America's corporatist oligarchy and restore a model of capitalism that protects our rights as property holders and citizens, and the independence of our Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDetails how regular citizens can join together to beat the great powers, and how to do so by relearning the real history and language of our democratic republic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes stories of real people and real industries that show how monopolies threaten independent businesses, squelch innovation, degrade the quality and safety of products, destabilize vital industrial and financial systems, and destroy the fabric of democracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExplores monopoly power across a wide array of industries, including appliances, auto parts, beer, eyeglasses, medical supplies, pet food, surfboards, vitamins, and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDemonstrates how the drive for \"\"always lower prices\"\" makes your job disappear, puts your small business out of business, and turns dreams of entrepreneurial success into impossible fantasies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLynn is that rarest of creatures, a journalist whose theoretical writings are taken very seriously by the top policymakers and economic thinkers in Washington and around the world. His work has been compared already to John Kenneth Galbraith and Peter Drucker.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalled Lynn's last book-on globalization-\"\"Tom Friedman for grownups.\"\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCornered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis essential reading for anyone who cares about America and its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0470928565\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780470928561\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Barry C. 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