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Jul 2020
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The Case for Breaking Up Big Tech

The Motley Fool
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Scott Galloway is a professor at NYU Stern and author of the best-selling book The Four: The Hidden DNA of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google. As the CEOs of those four businesses get ready to head to Capitol Hill, Galloway makes the case for breaking up their companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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