Seize the Means of Prediction! Data, Domination, and Antitrust

ABSTRACT Alphabet, Meta, and others collect data about us to maximize the effectiveness of ads on their platforms. Comparatively little philosophical attention, however, has been paid to worries about this business model expressed by an influential group of antitrust scholars known as the ‘Neo‐Brandeisians’. My aim is to begin giving their worries the philosophical attention they are due.

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Philosophy &amp Public Affairs
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2025-05-15
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https://doi.org/10.1111/papa.12288
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Economic Theory and Institutions
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Seize the Means of Prediction! Data, Domination, and Antitrust

James T. Goodrich
Philosophy &amp Public Affairs
Economic Theory and Institutions
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Seize the Means of Prediction! Data, Domination, and Antitrust

James T. Goodrich
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ABSTRACT Alphabet, Meta, and others collect data about us to maximize the effectiveness of ads on their platforms. Comparatively little philosophical attention, however, has been paid to worries about this business model expressed by an influential group of antitrust scholars known as the ‘Neo‐Brandeisians’. My aim is to begin giving their worries the philosophical attention they are due.

Philosophy &amp Public AffairsVol. 53(3)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 85%
Economic Theory and Institutions
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