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The Master Switch

The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

2010 366 pages eng ★ 3.7 (6 ratings)

In this age of an open internet, it is easy to forget that every American information industry, beginning with the telephone, has eventually been taken captive by some ruthless monopoly or cartel. With all our media now traveling a single network, an unprecedented potential is building for centraliz…

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