We're three decades into a worldwide experiment: what happens when the world's main nations relinquish control over the size and influence of corporate behemoths and allow unrestrained expansion? Tim Wu's The Curse of Bigness exposes the hazards that monopolies pose to global economic stability and social freedom. Takeovers abound in recent years, aided by the globalisation of trade and finance, making a mockery of the ideas of competition and economic independence. Such is the 'curse of bigness': stunted entrepreneurship, stagnant productivity, dominant tech behemoths like Facebook and Google, and fewer consumer options. This bold declaration argues that we must recover the anti-monopoly traditions that brought enormous peace and prosperity in the past.