Digital platforms
Spotify Is Mimicking Google's and Facebook's Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
Spotify Is Mimicking Google’s and Facebook’s Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
US Big Business vs China: How Monopolies Harm National Security
China’s goal is to concentrate power, both within China and over Western industrial commons. The best reaction is not to mimic Chinese autocratic control...
Capitalisn’t in a New Episode on the Gig Economy: A Reading List
Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash have brought the term "gig economy" into our lexicon. But what is the gig economy, really? In the...
Facebook’s Enduring Control Over Social Media Markets
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Facebook accounts for 75 percent of the UK’s social media market. Over the past 10 years,...
The Chicken/Egg Problem With Google Search That Prevents Competition
Google controls the British search market, according to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. Its 90 percent market share and profits from general search are...
Google’s and Facebook’s Grip on Digital Advertising Markets
Since July 2019, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has been conducting an extensive investigation of the digital advertising market. In its preliminary report on...
The Real Price of Health Data: Americans Don’t Want to Share Their Records for Free
The 2019 Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that 93 percent of participants don’t want to share their health data with digital...
How to Regulate Digital Platforms: A Database
Over the past couple of years, many antitrust authorities commissioned expert groups or released working papers addressing different areas of digital policy. For the...
How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps the Chinese Government Control Social Media
A new study on three major social networks in China finds that tolerating small, relatively free platforms helps the Chinese government maintain sufficiently high...
