The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity (Tim Wu)

January 2
35 mins

Episode Description

A cogent, insightful examination of how concentrations of economic power, primarily tech power, erode the stability of our society while enriching an unaccountable parasite class.

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