Tim Wu
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Professor at Columbia Contributing opinion writer at the N.Y. Times Author of THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (coming soon Nov 4 / 2025)
New York, NY
Joined May 2008
Los Angeles friends: This wed, 7pm, book event for my new book at the LA public library. Tickets may still be available
lfla.org
The Age of Extraction: Tim Wu in conversation with Mohammad Tajsar %
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In the same way that functioning markets are meant to react to monopoly power, so are democratic political systems. Failures of the former are market failures; the latter are political failures.
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In San Francisco today, here's last chance to catch book event at the Commonwealth Club this evening https://t.co/uZb583yJhr
commonwealthclub.org
Can we reclaim control of our economy to make it work for everyone? What needs to be understood about the big tech platforms before that could even be attempted? Tim Wu has a plan. Wu, a scholar and...
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I seem to recall our critics saying that gov investment in the semiconductor industry was doomed industrial policy - I guess they've come around
In recent decades, only a handful of government interventions have been widely regarded as successes. Operation Warp Speed is one of them. So is the CHIPS Act, the $39 billion program that catalyzed a massive investment boom in manufacturing semiconductors on American soil.
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That antitrust & competition authorities casually let Amazon buy Abebooks (back in 2008) feels like a bad joke
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Bharat R, who really understands this stuff, explains exactly what made the shutdown deal such a defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. I also strongly recommend his new substack:
Eight thoughts on the shutdown deal. The reason why past shutdowns had failed to produce substantive wins is because the party making the ask was getting blamed. That wasn't the case this time--Trump and the GOP were absorbing the blame. That gave Dems leverage. 1/
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Made an appearance this morning on my fave radio show KQED Forum - link here https://t.co/bz3GP07jiO
kqed.org
Airdate: Monday, November 10 at 10 AM Our digital lives are increasingly dominated by a handful of powerful tech platforms. Once promising prosperity and democracy, the internet has instead allowed...
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday defended her description of a conflict over Taiwan as potentially amounting to an existential risk for Japan
bloomberg.com
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday defended her description of a conflict over Taiwan as potentially amounting to an existential risk for Japan after a Chinese diplomat accused her of...
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If you want to see how money and power can corrupt a man's soul, Marc Andressen, here found mocking the pope's call for AI ethics, makes for a good case study.
Why is Marc Andreessen mocking the Pope? The Pope is right. Building AI with moral discernment is an imperative. Not a good look for Andreessen.
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It took them four days to publish this slop. I thought Amazon promises next day delivery.
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Embolded by the wave of victories last Tuesday, a group of Senate Democrats went with unilateral surrender. I just don't get it.
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Who is the nuttiest loose cannon in this version of the Trump Admin? (Navarro won last round). Pulte has to be in the top 3
Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are looking at ways to take equity stakes in technology companies.
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Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are looking at ways to take equity stakes in technology companies.
bloomberg.com
Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are looking at ways to take equity stakes in technology companies.
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Transcript of Mamdani acceptance speech -- for as he says in it, millions are being spent to distort his message
theguardian.com
Mayor-elect centered affordability and the working people of the city in his speech while emphasizing: ‘Hope is alive’
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SNAP is interesting bc it is pure redistribution from wealthy to poor and feels like a core part of the "third way" deal: massive accumulation of wealth okay but in exchange the hungry get fed. Yet somehow even that is too generous for the GOP
rollingstone.com
Donald Trump's administration and Republicans in Congress are blaming Democrats for their own antipathy toward SNAP benefits.
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Rumors of antitrust's demise have been exaggerated, though it has certainly become unpredictable https://t.co/uzMJiqJtBq
nytimes.com
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible collusion among the big meatpackers. The effort may mollify ranchers, but it’s unclear how far it will go.
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When I was in gov everyone was terrified about voter backlash if flights canceled; indeed that was a threat wielded by the airline industry. This Administration, metaphorically, seems willing to fly directly into the storm -
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The "middle-class" is a relatively recent invention: Two-class or feudal economy is painfully common in human history and what we risk collapsing back to
nytimes.com
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
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Lina Khan and I are taking the stage tonight at the New York Public Library 7pm to discuss my new book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION. Sold out but there are some standby tickets and you can livestream here
nypl.org
The legal scholar and former White House official examines how today’s tech giants extract wealth from ordinary citizens and deepen America’s class divide. Pre-order your copy of The Age of Extract...
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tfw you walk right into the Marshall McLuhan scene in Annie Hall
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