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H.L. Mencken

Friday, September 8, 2017

Google Nation

Franklin Foer makes a good case that tech companies have outstripped the ability of states to regulate them.  The same has been true of finance for years, but now it applies to Google, Apple, Amazon and others.

While his focus on AI will likely draw eyeballs, it's his broader critique of monopoly across the economy that should resonate.  We need a new Clayton Anti-Trust Act for the new Gilded Age.

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