Captive Audience

In "Captive Audience," telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford examines the decline of the United States' competitive edge in high-speed Internet access over the past decade. She analyzes the implications of government decisions and monopolies that have resulted in Americans paying more for slower services, using the 2011 Comcast-NBC Universal merger as a pivotal case study. Crawford highlights how these monopolies impact consumers' everyday lives and threaten the nation's economic future, urging a reconsideration of the current telecommunications landscape.