Digital Empires Audiobook

The global battle among the three dominant digital powersthe United States China and the European Unionis intensifying All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world In Digital Empires her provocative followup to The Brussels Effect Anu Bradford explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come

Across the globe people dependent on digital technologies have become increasingly alarmed that their rapid adoption and transformation have ushered in an exceedingly concentrated economy where a few powerful companies control vast economic wealth and political power undermine data privacy and widen the gap between economic winners and losers Bradford examines three competing regulatory approachesthe American marketdriven model the Chinese statedriven model and the European rightsdriven regulatory modeland discusses how governments and tech companies navigate the inevitable conflicts that arise when these regulatory approaches collide

Digital Empires lays bare the choices we face as societies and individuals explains the forces that shape those choices and illuminates the immense stakes involved for everyone who uses digital technologies