The Age of Extraction - How Tech Platforms Conquered Economy Threaten Our Future Prosperity

Tim Wu is a professor of law at Columbia University and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times . He served as President Biden''s Special Assistant for Technology and Competition Policy from 2021 to 2023. He is known for his expertise in antitrust law, for coining the term ''network neutrality'', and for his books The Master Switch , The Attention Merchants and The Curse of Bigness .>

About the author

Tim Wu is Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School. He worked in the White House as special assistant to President Biden for technology and competition policy, and is the author of The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants. He currently splits his time between New York City and Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Wu, Wu Tim
• Publisher: Bodley Head Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 04.11.2025
• EAN: 9781847927125
• ISBN: 978-1-84792-712-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Capitalism, Political Ideologies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce / Online Trading, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, Social Mobility, Information technology industries, Social forecasting, future studies, Economic history, Popular economics, Social and cultural history, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise & Capitalism, Political ideologies and movements