The New Gilded Age: Democracy's Darkening Shadow Mordecai Kurz, a Stanford economist, has sounded a timely warning about the dangers of technological monopolies and their insidious impact on democracy.
His new book, Private Power and Democracy’s Decline, presents a stark picture of a society increasingly held hostage by the whims of a handful of tech billionaires.
At its core, Kurz's argument is not merely a critique of capitalism or a call for greater regulation.