Market Power – Discussion Post
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
Your initial discussion posts must be submitted by Wednesday at 11:59 EST and your responses to at least 2 of your classmates (120 words each) have to be submitted by Sunday at 11:59 PM CT. Please note that a minimum of 250 words for the initial discussion posts is required.