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Philosophy

From the January - February 2019 issue

Why it's not as simple as "breaking up big tech"

There is something to be said for respecting natural monopolies

By Niall Ferguson

December 14, 2018

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Niall Ferguson is Laurence A Tisch? Professor of History at Harvard