Ryan Bourne on Joseph Schumpeter, the tech giants, and the case against monopoly fatalism

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Are large tech firms like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook unassailable monopolies? Is there anything new about the way these companies try and maintain their market dominance? And have antitrust activists ever successfully predicted which big businesses will be forever companies? On this episode, Cato’s Ryan Bourne discusses his recent paper, “ Is This Time Different? Schumpeter, the Tech Giants, and Monopoly Fatalism .” Ryan Bourne occupies the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at the Cato Institute. Before joining Cato, Ryan was the Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Head of Economic Research at the Centre for Policy Studies in the UK. You can download this episode by clicking the link above, and don’t forget to subscribe to my podcast on iTunes or Stitcher . Tell your friends, leave a review. Additionally, you can check out the full transcript of our conversation here , or read a shortened version here .

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