Market Power
Question: Is It Time To Break Up Amazon,
Apple, Facebook, or Google?
Provide a detailed analysis of your
economic argument for or against the idea of breaking up those companies with
substantial market power. Please also propose other ways of increasing
competition without breaking up those companies? Incorporating class materials
into your discussion is highly encouraged and rewarded. You can use one of the
companies as a case or as an example in your analysis.
Please make sure to use credible sources
to back up your argument. Please review your syllabus for more information
regarding DQ expectation.
Possible resources:
Breaking Up is Hard to Do, But That May Be
Where Big Tech is Heading
Break Up Facebook (And While We're At It,
Google, Apple, and Amazon)
The Monopoly-Busting Case Against Google,
Amazon, Uber, and Facebook
Talk of Breaking Up 'Big Tech' is
Misguided, Premature