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Description of  Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (And How We Win it Back)

How did we come to live in a world dominated by big tech and finance? Today power is in the hands of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. How do we understand this transformation in power? And what can we do about it? We cannot change anything until we have a better understanding of how power works, who holds it, and why that matters. Through upgrading the concept of hegemonyunderstanding the importance of passive consent the complexity of political interests and the structural force of technologyJeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams offer us an updated theory of power for the twenty-first century. Read more