The technology sector’s rise in relevance, utility, and power in our lives and the international landscape has been increasingly self-evident over the 21st century. The past decade saw once-charming upstarts become behemoths who drew scrutiny from a wide range of critics. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only grown the sector’s salience and our dependence on their products, heightening the contradictory position. As we emerge from that pandemic with the rising awareness of this dependence, there are tons of questions about what happens next, which the Big Tech Ticket will address. James Rogers, a journalist with more than two decades covering the tech industry, will be the host of the Big Tech Ticket. The show will feature interviews with experts, decision makers, academics, and executives in the field, and will appear on Wednesdays.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
While the ongoing pandemic and government spending bills have grabbed a large share of the 2021 headlines, the movement to regulate monopolies and strengthen antitrust action is continuing to grow. Tech remains the sector with the most antitrust attention, as Apple's recent trial with Epic Games illustrates. The question is, are we actually reaching a turning point, or is this still just talk?
To get at the answer, James Rogers speaks with Krista Brown of the American Economic Liberties Project about the state of our economy and the concentration of economic power among increasingly few companies, and what might or might not change that situation.
Topics Covered
- 0:30 minute mark – Background on the American Economic Liberties Project
- 1:30 – Why Big Tech is a focus, and what the Apple / Epic Games trial tells us
- 4:30 – Is this punishing success, and the changing views on antitrust
- 7:00 – How might the Apple / Epic Games trial play out?
- 8:30 – Whether it’s time to redefine and update monopoly and antitrust in regulation
- 11:00 – Are we seeing a turning tide from the federal government towards antitrust enforcement?
- 14:30 – How tech represents itself vs. reality
- 16:00 – How close are we to real change?
- 19:00 – What might catalyze a consumer opinion shift
- 21:00 – The limited options facing small business competitors and consumers
- 23:00 – How widespread the industry concentration issue goes, and how it stifles innovation
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