What happens when power shifts from producers and consumers to the middlemen that connect them? In her debut book, DIRECT: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source, Columbia Law Professor Kathryn Judge explores that question, dissecting the dangerous influence of intermediaries like Amazon, Cargill, CVS, and Walmart, and offering a master class in how the economy works and for whom it works. Long-listed by the Financial Times as one of the best business books of the year, Judge’s DIRECT is "a blueprint for remaking the machine — and an urgent call that we get it done."
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