June 27, 2013

2013-08-04T21:02:22-04:00

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Susan Crawford talked about her book, Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age, in which she argues that the U.S. has lost its competitive advantage in the knowledge-based economy, because it is no longer at the forefront of the internet revolution. In her book, she argues that other countries have internet capabilities that are significantly faster and less expensive to use than those in the U.S., putting U.S. consumers at a distinct disadvantage and threatening America’s economic future. She talked about her findings with Andrew Blum, author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.

Susan Crawford talked about her book, Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age, in which she argues that… read more