avisholkoff's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. Sen. Klobuchar is very intelligent and this book provides a wealth of context and history behind antitrust (or competition policy, as the Senator wants it to be called). It also offers potential policy and regulatory solutions to the increasing economic consolidation we're seeing today.
I do wish it had chosen to focus one or the other. That is, it felt like the historical context section was a bit brief when it could've been more in depth. The solutions section felt like its own book by itself, and thus reading the whole thing (which took me a bit) seemed to be as if I read two different (well-written) pieces by the Senator.
Ultimately I enjoyed it, especially the importance of building public engagement on antitrust issues. As she writes "It's not ever going to be easy to get the public too perk up when they hear the word 'antitrust.'" Hopefully with this book, it will, at least a little bit.
I do wish it had chosen to focus one or the other. That is, it felt like the historical context section was a bit brief when it could've been more in depth. The solutions section felt like its own book by itself, and thus reading the whole thing (which took me a bit) seemed to be as if I read two different (well-written) pieces by the Senator.
Ultimately I enjoyed it, especially the importance of building public engagement on antitrust issues. As she writes "It's not ever going to be easy to get the public too perk up when they hear the word 'antitrust.'" Hopefully with this book, it will, at least a little bit.
jjgerend's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Definitely a slower read but I’m happy I read it. Super informative and great to get some context on how the government has an important role in keeping our market free and how they haven’t been doing a great job in recent years.
wynnebirchmaple's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Klobuchar was MIS-REVIEWED by the Goodreads reading community. Senator Klobuchar makes the case for the paralysis that occurred in Antitrust Law and the FTC since Ronald Reagan and how the corporate and tech consolidations occurring in the marketplace and supply chain are dangerous creating a necessity for challenging them one case at a time so our constitution can function and sustain us and our judiciary can simply apply the law and not pretend to be experts in every area of law—hence the lean into conservatism… Read this or listen!
erintby's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Klobuchar makes an excellent case that antitrust reform and enforcement (i.e., competition policy) is crucial enough to the health of our economy and democracy that it should play a more central role in political advocacy and campaign priorities. It's definitely worth the read if you're not sure why antitrust is important or if you want to dive more into the history of it.
maddyb001's review against another edition
1.0
Less a nonfiction book more a campaign for reelection.
jennarahrle's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.25
If you work in antitrust or just study law, you should read this. I would have given it a 5 if it weren’t for a few things. 1) the senator’s voice is very hard to listen to and she narrates the first few chapters and the conclusion. Love the other narrator but I can’t get past her voice 2) it felt like the Senator was plugging her own legislation in a boastful way that did not mesh with the book. I understand it’s a “current affairs” book and not a “history” book but I’m not here to learn about how great you think you’ve done in supporting antitrust. Tell me about how DOJ ATR was founded and how it works with the FTC and SEC and the congressional committee and 3) definitely redundant on some points, as if it needed one final read through for edits. Other than that, this book was amazing and informative and entertaining with a great narrator