New technologies (reinforced by new trade rules) are enhancing the market power of incumbent, dominant firms… — Joseph E. Stiglitz
New technologies (reinforced by new trade rules) are enhancing the market power of incumbent, dominant firms, such as Microsoft, which are all from the developed world; for the first time, in a key global industry, there is a near-global monopolist.
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