Tech monopoly:

In recent years, the astronomical rise of tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft has been criticized as anticompetitive, and many have wondered if antitrust law can help protect workers and consumers. In Tech Monopoly, Herbert Hovenkamp explores competition problems in a wide range of h...

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Main Author: Hovenkamp, Herbert 1948- (Author)
Other Authors: Morris, Tristan (Narrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Ascent Audio 2024
Edition:[First edition].
Series:The MIT Press essential knowledge series
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Links:https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/-/9781663736253/?ar
Summary:In recent years, the astronomical rise of tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft has been criticized as anticompetitive, and many have wondered if antitrust law can help protect workers and consumers. In Tech Monopoly, Herbert Hovenkamp explores competition problems in a wide range of high-tech firms-from those that sell purely digital products, such as video streaming, search, software, or email services, to others that sell more traditional "tactile" products, such as hardware, clothing, groceries, or rides. He offers a realistic look at the powers and limitations of antitrust law in tech markets with an assessment that is as comprehensive as it is accessible. After a general introduction to antitrust law, Tech Monopoly considers how competitive harm should be assessed in these markets. Then Hovenkamp looks at the role of large digital platforms, including Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft, and considers whether their size alone is an antitrust problem or if the concern should be limited to market power. Finally, the author addresses the very difficult problem of remedies. Should we "break up" big tech, and if so, how? What kind of breakup of these firms would make users or others better off? And if breakups are not the only possible antitrust fix, are there more effective and less disruptive alternatives?
Item Description:Online resource; title from title details screen (O'Reilly, viewed August 14, 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (1 sound file (4 hr., 18 min.))
ISBN:9781663736253
1663736251