Big Tech and the Digital Overlords Digital Capitalism course: Session 2

11 April 2024

In session two of our Digital Capitalism course, we asked how did a few digital companies become so powerful? How do they differ to other non-digital corporations? What is the source of their power, finance and influence? How successful have regulatory attempts been to limit their power? How can we effectively rein them in?

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Margarida Silva
Cecilia Rikap
James Schneider

The masterclass was held with Margarida Silva, researcher on Big Tech at the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Cecilia Rikap, Associate professor in Economics at Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) UCL and author of ‘Capitalism, Power and Innovation: Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism uncovered’ (Routledge 2021), and James Schneider, co-convenor with Uni Global Union of the Make Amazon Pay coalition.

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