Is It Time To Break Up Big Tech?
Matt Stoller and Geoffrey A. Manne debate antitrust law and Big Tech.
Economic researchers Matt Stoller and Geoffrey A. Manne debate the resolution, "The U.S. government should break up large technology companies like Amazon, Meta, and Google to protect workers, suppliers, consumers, and democratic institutions."
Arguing in favor of the resolution is Stoller, the director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project and the author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.
Taking the negative is Manne, the president and founder of the International Center for Law & Economics.
The debate is moderated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.
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No. But it is time to break-up the Big [Na]tional So[zi]alist Empire Co.
...or at the least dis-arm them.
Is it time to break up the Democrat/Republican Duopoly? How about we get some leaders that aren't intellectually bankrupt and morally corrupt.
[Na]tional So[zi]al[ism] *is* the intellectually bankrupt & moral corruption point-of-sale.
It is literally 'Guns' will make sh*t for me ideology.
And only a leftard can explain how that figures out to be sustainable and moral.
With an endless list of BS excuses really - instead of any explanation.
"Is It Time To Break Up Big Tech?"
No. See? I didn't even have to listen to the "debate" to know that!
Economic researchers huh? Sounds like a pretty dismal job. I'm guessing that a guy who remembers how to solder a copper pipe adds more value to humanity. But do carry on.