Lessons from history: Insights from historical case studies

• The technological improvements to computing, mobile communications and the rise of the internet since the 1960s has been reminiscent of the technological changes that accompanied the second industrial revolution. Among the many economic opportunities, innovations and firms that were involved in that revolution, some individual companies. In October 2020, the US committee on the Judiciary presented its report on the dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google and their business practices. With technological and political change frequently comes the opportunity for economic and political power to become concentrated in the hands of a few. Governments and citizens who wish to retain open and innovative societies need to ensure their legal, political and economic frameworks allow economic and political power is being shared among many.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)

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