Podcast Jan 13, 2021

The Big Tech Threat?

Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Eric Posner, and Chad Syverson
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The expanding market influence of tech companies has sparked new fear of an old economic problem – monopoly power. In this episode, Eric Posner and Chad Syverson discuss whether these corporate giants pose potential risks to the world economy. How urgent is the problem? Is there a policy solution?

 

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