Is Google a Monopoly, Has It Been Anticompetitive, and Is It Harming Consumers?

Is Google a Monopoly, Has It Been Anticompetitive, and Is It Harming Consumers?

Audio by Eric Haggstrom, Nicole Perrin and Mariel Soto Reyes  |  Oct 27, 2020  |  2 min read
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Is Google a Monopoly, Has It Been Anticompetitive, and Is It Harming Consumers?
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eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom, principal analyst Nicole Perrin, and research analyst at Insider Intelligence Mariel Soto Reyes discuss the US Department of Justice's suit against Google. What are Google and the government's cases? What is a monopoly? What constitutes anticompetitive behavior? And is Google inadvertently harming consumers?

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