Seven-Minute Explainers

Ep. 60: The new monopolies

Episode Summary

Amazon, Google, Facebook, and our second Gilded Age

Episode Notes

Amazon, Google, and Facebook have enjoyed unstoppable growth, with no end in sight. Such enormous success may be a sign that we're in the second Gilded Age, where our lives are channeled once again through fewer and fewer companies that are controlled by just a handful of men. And this isn't good.
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