When Billionaires Outrun the Law
Biography, corporate history, and systemic critique together explain how tech billionaires amass power and how weakly the legal system holds them to account.
Optimized for books about Understand how tech billionaires like Elon Musk accumulate corporate power and how law and regulation try, and often fail, to check them..
Elon MuskWalter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson's biography provides a comprehensive account of Musk's business decisions and culture that...Shelf signal: Science & Tech Pioneers
We the CorporationsAdam WinklerWe the Corporations traces the legal and constitutional history that explains how corporations acquired political power...Shelf signal: Constitutional Law
The Power LawSebastian MallabyThe Power Law explains venture capital and investor incentives that shaped the tech-billionaire business model behind...Shelf signal: Venture Capital
The Age of Surveillance CapitalismShoshana Zuboff, PublicAffairsThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism analyzes tech platforms' extractive power and public harms that underpin calls for...Shelf signal: Privacy & Surveillance
The Philosopher in the ValleyMichael Steinberger, Jonathan BevilleThe Philosopher in the Valley offers a case study of a controversial tech CEO and firm to illustrate personality,...Shelf signal: Business Lives
Super PumpedMike Isaac, Holter GrahamSuper Pumped's account of Uber illuminates patterns of founder-led culture, regulatory clashes, and industry disruption...Shelf signal: Tech Industry