Davidson, an attorney at the US Federal Trade Commission, portrays the players, strategies, and consequences of the 1970s-80s billion-dollar mergers and takeovers by giant oil, tobacco, automobile, steel, and financial firms. He details the economic, personal, and sociological conditions that contri

Since 1962, when Milton Friedman published Capitalism & Freedom, the Chicago School has created one side of modern American political debate. Reality Ignored describes how Friedman's views have framed policies for every conservative politician from Barry Goldwater to Ronald Reagan to the Tea Party. This book describes how Chicago policies have damaged American society by redefining the role of federal, state, and local government, by persuading American businesses to focus on short term profits rather than on innovation, productive efficiency and creating jobs, and by undermining the...