The titans of the fresh Gilded Age must be busted and the notion has bipartisan support. It’s time great tech was brought to heelThe presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren announced on Friday she wants to bust up giants like Facebook,Google and Amazon.
America’s first Gilded Age began in the late 19th century with a raft of innovations – railroads, steel production, and oil extraction – but culminated in mammoth trusts run by “robber barons” like JP Morgan,John D Rockefeller, and William H “the public be damned” Vanderbilt. Related: Elizabeth Warren vows to break up Amazon, or Facebook and Google if elected president Monopolies arent apt for anyone except for the monopolists Related: Break up Facebook (and while we're at it,Google, Apple and Amazon) | Robert Reich Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com