新一輪經濟和政治危機，正在成形當一小部分機構獲得能夠操控一個國家政治和經濟的手段時，就會出現「寡頭難題」（或稱為「權力集中問題」）。如今，兩個二十世紀後期的機構──指數基金和私募股權基金──正在製造新一輪的權力集中問題。這兩種基金的規模如此龐大，對經濟的影響層面又如此之廣，使得它們擁有自己也未必想要的經濟與政治權力。它們因為手握大權，成為政治威嚇的目標。這兩種機構都展現出規模經濟，都經由控制企業而直接或間接地積極參與政治。先鋒集團（Vanguard）、道富集團（State Street）、富達集團（Fidelity）和貝萊德（BlackRock）這四大指數基金掌握著超過20%的S&P 500公司的投票權，這種權力集中度在美國是前所未有的。此外，私募股權基金的崛起，諸如阿波羅（Apollo）、黑石（Blackstone）、凱雷（Carlyle）和KKR這四大基金，已聚積了2.7兆美元的資產，它們正在侵蝕美國資本主義的合法性和責任，不是透過控制上市公司，而是透過完全接管它們，使其脫離公共討論和公眾監督。在過去的幾十年裡，這種無聲的聚積代表了美國經濟運作方式的巨大轉變，這是很少有人注意到、但所有人都應該關注的變化。哈佛大學法學教授約翰‧科茨在本書中分析並解答：有沒有可能在不損及兩種機構創造出來的經濟效益的狀況下，又能降低它們各自在經濟、政治和政策方面造成的風險？專業推薦——Jenny／JC財經觀點創辦人Mr. Market市場先生／財經作家王俊傑／國立中山大學政治經濟學系副教授林志潔／國立陽明交通大學特聘教授、金融消費評議中心前董事長（依姓名筆畫排序）「科茨主張，沒有責任的權力總是危險的。而他是對的。」──《紐約時報》 （New York Times）「資本主義由掌握資本的人決定。約翰‧科茨依據一生的經驗和研究，提出一個引人注目的觀點，認為美國資本主義在二十一世紀初由十二家不夠負責任的機構主導。他的開創性分析和建議值得所有關心我們經濟未來的人關注。」──勞倫斯‧桑默斯（Lawrence H. Summers），美國財政部前部長，哈佛大學甘迺迪學院摩薩瓦─拉赫馬尼商業與政府中心主任「從集中經濟權力中產生的政治危險是美國歷史中一個反覆出現的主題。科茨的書針對少數私營金融機構的影響提供了不可或缺的指導，也對我們如何應對集中金融權力提供了必要的答案。」──吳修銘（Tim
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