monopolies

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 4, 2021 by David Friedberg · across every show →

Everything said about monopolies, oldest first

Sep 4, 2021 positive
Insight
Friedberg argues monopolies are lazy and easier to defeat than cronyism
“I think monopolies are good because monopolies are just like lazy, and it's easier to innovate and compete against a monopoly, to be honest, than it is to compete against cronyism.”
David Friedberg Sep 4, 2021 ▶ 1:01:27 E45: Theranos & VC fraud risks, China bans video games, Texas SB8, Apple app store, CA fires, Rogan
Jan 22, 2022
Insight
Friedberg: Monopolies and large moats are not inherently bad for consumers
“We use the term monopoly as if it's de facto evil and bad, but not all monopolies or businesses that have very big moats is another way to kind of describe them, are necessarily bad for the customer. You get cheaper products, you get better products, you get m…”
David Friedberg Jan 22, 2022 ▶ 25:54 E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 460 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.