An Uneasy Bargain: The State and the American Market Nolan Wallace and social hierarchies have been

and social hierarchies have been challenged

From the constitutional battles over the New Deal to the trust-busting era of the early 20th century

demonstrating how literature serves as a timeless forum for exploring enduring questions of power

It posits that every work of art is an argument—that from an artist’s most intimate canvas to the transformation of the landscape itself

creative expression makes potent claims about our identity

An Uneasy Bargain: The State and the American Market Nolan Wallace and social hierarchies have beenThis collection of essays examines critical confrontations in the history of American economic governance, tracing the nations fundamental approach to regulation, corporate power, and innovation from the Gilded Age to the digital age. From the constitutional battles over the New Deal to the trust busting era of the early 20th century, the Third Way policies of the 1990s tech boom, and the structural challenges posed by modern platform economies, these