Episode 188 — Big Tech, Antitrust, and Democracy

Ben and James discuss the antitrust subcommittee hearing, the problems of mixing antitrust and Aggregators, and how to think about regulation and democracy.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Antitrust Politics — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2020/antitrust-politics)

• The New York Times: Here’s which tech C.E.O. was asked the most questions by lawmakers. — NY Times (nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ce…)

• Ben Thompson: Why Doesn’t Apple Enable Sustainable Businesses on the App Store? — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2013/why-doesnt-apple-enable-s…)

• Ben Thompson: Apple’s China Problem — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/apples-china-problem)

• Ben Thompson: The Antitrust Hearing, The Role of Congress, CEO Questions — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2020/the-antitrust-hearing-the…)

• Ben Thompson: A Framework for Regulating Competition on the Internet — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/a-framework-for-regulatin…)

• Ben Thompson: Ends, Means, and Antitrust — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/ends-means-and-antitrust)

• James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium (medium.com/@jamesallworth/the-slow-decay-of-am…)

• Ben Thompson: TikTok Key Money, Rule By Law, China Gaslighting — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2020/tiktok-key-money-rule-by-…)

• Ben Thompson: Tech and Trump: The Meeting — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2016/tech-and-trump-the-meetin…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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