Why Does Tech Have So Many Political Problems?
5th August 2018
Tyler Cowan is not afraid to ask the obvious questions.
One factor that he overlooks, unusual for an economist, is that tech has political problems for the same reason that everyone has political problems — people are so used to using government power as a stick to beat their enemies that everybody winds up covered in bruises. The way to reduce the scope of ‘political problems’ is to reduce the ability of governments to cause or exacerbate problems, and that means reducing the power of government. Unfortunately, I don’t see that happening.