Jonathan Tepper is the Chief Investment Officer at Prevatt Capital. Jonathan is the founder of Variant Perception. Formerly, he was an analyst at SAC Capital and a Vice President on the proprietary trading desk at Bank of America. Jonathan earned a BA with Highest Honors in History and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a M.Litt. in Modern History from the University of Oxford. Jonathan is a Rhodes Scholar.Denise Hearn is a writer, researcher and project catalyzer focused on how money and power manifest in economic and financial systems. She advises governments, financial institutions, companies, and nonprofits on economic policy and new economic thinking. Denise is a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, and her writing has been featured in publications such as: The Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, Fortune, and The Washington Post. Denise has an MBA from the Oxford Saïd Business School and a BA from Baylor University.

• Introduction xiiiChapter One: Where Buffett and Silicon Valley Billionaires Agree 1Chapter Two: Dividing Up the Turf 21Chapter Three: What Monopolies and King Kong Have in Common 35Chapter Four: Squeezing the Worker 63Chapter Five: Silicon Valley Throws Some Shade 87Chapter Six: Toll Roads and Robber Barons 111Chapter Seven: What Trusts and Nazis Had in Common 137Chapter Eight: Regulation and Chemotherapy 167Chapter Nine: Morganizing America 195Chapter Ten: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle 211Conclusion: Economic and Political Freedom 233Notes 249Acknowledgments 283About the Authors 285Index 287

Jonathan Tepper is the Chief Investment Officer at Prevatt Capital. Jonathan is the founder of Variant Perception. Formerly, he was an analyst at SAC Capital and a Vice President on the proprietary trading desk at Bank of America. Jonathan earned a BA with Highest Honors in History and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a M.Litt. in Modern History from the University of Oxford. Jonathan is a Rhodes Scholar.Denise Hearn is a writer, researcher and project catalyzer focused on how money and power manifest in economic and financial systems. She advises governments, financial institutions, companies, and nonprofits on economic policy and new economic thinking. Denise is a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, and her writing has been featured in publications such as: The Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, Fortune, and The Washington Post. Denise has an MBA from the Oxford Saïd Business School and a BA from Baylor University.

• Introduction xiiiChapter One: Where Buffett and Silicon Valley Billionaires Agree 1Chapter Two: Dividing Up the Turf 21Chapter Three: What Monopolies and King Kong Have in Common 35Chapter Four: Squeezing the Worker 63Chapter Five: Silicon Valley Throws Some Shade 87Chapter Six: Toll Roads and Robber Barons 111Chapter Seven: What Trusts and Nazis Had in Common 137Chapter Eight: Regulation and Chemotherapy 167Chapter Nine: Morganizing America 195Chapter Ten: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle 211Conclusion: Economic and Political Freedom 233Notes 249Acknowledgments 283About the Authors 285Index 287

Jonathan Tepper is the Chief Investment Officer at Prevatt Capital. Jonathan is the founder of Variant Perception. Formerly, he was an analyst at SAC Capital and a Vice President on the proprietary trading desk at Bank of America. Jonathan earned a BA with Highest Honors in History and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a M.Litt. in Modern History from the University of Oxford. Jonathan is a Rhodes Scholar.Denise Hearn is a writer, researcher and project catalyzer focused on how money and power manifest in economic and financial systems. She advises governments, financial institutions, companies, and nonprofits on economic policy and new economic thinking. Denise is a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, and her writing has been featured in publications such as: The Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, Fortune, and The Washington Post. Denise has an MBA from the Oxford Saïd Business School and a BA from Baylor University.

• Introduction xiiiChapter One: Where Buffett and Silicon Valley Billionaires Agree 1Chapter Two: Dividing Up the Turf 21Chapter Three: What Monopolies and King Kong Have in Common 35Chapter Four: Squeezing the Worker 63Chapter Five: Silicon Valley Throws Some Shade 87Chapter Six: Toll Roads and Robber Barons 111Chapter Seven: What Trusts and Nazis Had in Common 137Chapter Eight: Regulation and Chemotherapy 167Chapter Nine: Morganizing America 195Chapter Ten: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle 211Conclusion: Economic and Political Freedom 233Notes 249Acknowledgments 283About the Authors 285Index 287