It’s been a challenging year 2020, but one positive development is that regulators in the US and Australia have started challenging the Big Tech companies Google and Facebook over alleged misuses of market power. Economics Explored host Gene Tunny provides an update and discusses the important economic concepts and policy issues.
Links relevant to the conversation include:
Joseph Stiglitz on Regulating Big Tech
Don't Be Evil: The case against big tech by Rana Foroohar
Economics Explored EP58: Tech Giants challenged by the Media and Governments
Economics Explored EP22: Antitrust with Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute
Economics Explored EP21: Surveillance Capitalism with Darren Brady Nelson