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Pretty sure I've ranted specifically about that article here before too.
It's a good example of the problem with the new lefty focus on antitrust: it's all hand-waving.
What Bork et al did is insist on rigour and specificity in identifying the harm before using the blunt instruments of antitrust remedies. Yes, that makes enforcement a lot harder, but it also makes it much better grounded.
Rather than meet that sort of standard, some on the left want to just go back to the old way. No thanks.
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Jaron Lanier’s idea was to compel tech companies to pay licensing fees to users who provide personal data
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We have not even begun to come to grips with policy implications of big data (hello, Equifax) and that's interesting.
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to more heavily tax disruptive technologies (stated elsewhere as an efficiency tax, or in certain specific instances a robot tax).
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This sounds like a terrible idea. Disruption and efficiency are good things. Why not just more heavily tax profits?
