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What fundamental laws of economics have changed? ebay is still ebay and is still a winner take all market, just to cite one example.

I'm not going to say that technology hasn't changed anything - it's doubtless opened some things up. But where there are big network effects, it is still going to lead to a dominant player in a given market. Where there aren't, there is room for more competition. That's always going to be true, whatever technology you're talking about.



It's not just me saying this folks:

“Ignore basic economic principles at your own risk. Technology changes. Economic laws do not.” -- Hal Varian (who is now Google's Chief Economist)

http://www.squeezedbooks.com/book/show/7/information-rules-a...




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