"Anti-Monopoly is about the people taking on the extreme concentrations of power that are making American life more expensive and less free. It tells the stories of parents, farmers, workers, and small business owners fighting concentrated power in their own communities, against impossible odds, and sometimes winning. Teachout tells their stories with compassion and vivid detail."
—Lina Khan, former chair, Federal Trade Commission
 
"For far too long, corporate monopolies have rigged our economy—this book gives a clear road map for what ordinary citizens can do, and have been doing, to fight back."
—Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
 
"Teachout is a national treasure. This pragmatic and visionary book spells out how ordinary people can fight the oligarchs and win the future we need and deserve."
—Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein, co-authors of End Times Fascism
 
"It’s no secret that monopolies are among the biggest threats to democracy . . . an invaluable contribution to detailing this situation in a thoughtful, intelligent and eminently readable book."
—Mark Bittman, bestselling author of Animal, Vegetable, Junk
 
"Just the book we need now! Teachout powerfully lays out our historic crisis, while motivating us with hope and practical action."
—Frances Moore Lappé, bestselling author of Diet for a Small Planet
 
"An urgent call for moral action. Teachout frames a picture we need to see, and gives us a list of what we can do to change it. Brilliant and necessary."
—Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and novelist
 
"Don’t just read this book. Heed it. Take action against giant corporations that are driving up your prices and driving down your pay."
—Robert Reich, professor, University of California, and former U.S. Secretary of Labor
 
"The field guide our democracy needs. Teachout is one of the sharpest thinkers we have on corporate power and democracy. Read it, then organize."
—U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA)
 
"Masterfully researched and powerfully written, Teachout tells the story about how monopoly power has come to dominate all aspects of our society, how it is impacting us all, and most importantly, what people across the country are doing—and what we all can do—to fight back. A must-read, this book is a users’ guide to fighting against Big Tech, Big Food, Big Pharma and more!"
—Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch
 
"The clearest account yet of how the corporate sector became a shadow government—and a rousing case for taking it back, rooted in the fact we’ve done it before. "
—Tim Wu, professor of law, Columbia University, and author of The Age of Extraction
 
"This must-read book tells the story of the seeds of a new anti-monopoly movement that could return power to the people. It is for activists and thinkers, for those who seek a clear road map to take on the goliath corporations that have taken over politics and our lives."
—Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation
 
"Nobody is more eloquent about America’s longstanding battle with arbitrary, suffocating corporate power than Teachout. Anti-Monopoly offers a brilliant synthesis of that history, a survey of the monopolists we face today, and a practical guide for working our way out."
—David Dayen, executive editor, The American Prospect and author of Monopolized
 
"An absolute must-read for anyone fed up with the consolidation of corporate power in our economy and eager to do something about it. Teachout provides a hopeful, deliberate blueprint for organizing our communities, taking action at the state and local level, and starting to claw back control over our own lives."
—U.S. Representative Pat Ryan (D-NY)
 
"Kudos to Teachout for explaining so vividly how concentrated corporate power not only fails to deliver the efficiencies it purports to offer, but threatens our liberty and democracy. Even better, Anti-Monopoly offers concrete steps, for readers across the political spectrum, to achieve more robust markets, more freedom, and a resilient democracy."
—Melissa B. Jacoby, professor of law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of Unjust Debts
 
"Teachout knows better than anyone what went wrong in America and how to fix it. More important, she knows how to transform American democracy and society into something vastly better than ever before."
—Barry Lynn, former executive director of the Open Markets Institute and author of Liberty from All Markets
 
"Explains in plain English how big companies earn outsized profits by raising prices and cutting quality and customer service thanks to one bad idea they sold to Congress and the courts: that monopolies and oligopolies can be better for consumers than competitive market capitalism."
—David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and author of The Big Cheat
 
"Urgent, hopeful, and rooted in America’s anti-monopoly tradition, this timely and exhilarating book reminds us that the power to build something better is ours."
—Stacy Mitchell, co-executive director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
 
"The most important (if infuriating) book you will read this year."
—Adelle Waldman, author of Help Wanted
 
"Very few other people in public life are able to explain in plain English the ways in which pro-monopoly ideology has, through law and policy, enabled the most powerful people and companies in the world to fortify their grip on electoral politics and the economy. Drawing inspiration from Grangers, anti-monopolists, and civil rights activists of the past, Anti-Monopoly shows that Americans have been here before and offers a practical road map for a new progressive campaign against today’s biggest threats to consumers and voters, including manipulative algorithmic pricing, money in politics, AI data centers, and commercial surveillance of gig workers. This is a book for our time—and for everyone who wants to promote democratic values."
—Olivier Sylvain, professor, Fordham Law School, and author of Reclaiming the Internet
 
"A blistering account of the human toll of concentrated corporate power, and a road map for how we can fight back before it’s too late. A must-read for those joining the frontlines of the fight to dismantle the corporate giants. And for veteran advocates alike."
—Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative and author of Gouged