Digital Empires The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

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Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powersDLthe United States, China, and the European UnionDLis 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 follow-up 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. In response, world leaders are variously embracing the idea of reining in the most dominant tech companies. Bradford examines three competing regulatory approachesDLthe American market-driven model, the Chinese state-driven model, and the European
rights-driven regulatory modelDLand discusses how governments and tech companies navigate the inevitable conflicts that arise when these regulatory approaches collide in the international domain. Which digital
empire will prevail in the contest for global influence remains an open question, yet their contrasting strategies are increasingly clear. Digital societies are at an inflection point. In the midst of these unfolding regulatory battles, governments, tech companies, and digital citizens are making important choices that will shape the future ethos of the digital society. 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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780197649268
Published: September 2023

Number of pages: 608
Width: 164 mm
Height: 236 mm
Depth: 42 mm

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc