Odd Lots: The US and Chinese Internets’ Similarities (Podcast)

In the 90s, there was a lot of talk about how the Internet would be a liberalizing force in the world. Bill Clinton famously predicted that it would be impossible...

By Tracy Alloway, Joe Weisenthal · Bloomberg Markets

In the 90s, there was a lot of talk about how the Internet would be a liberalizing force in the world. Bill Clinton famously predicted that it would be impossible for China to lock down the Internet, and that this would have profound effects on domestic politics. Of course that didn’t come true — China has done a remarkable job of controlling what gets behind the firewall. But then furthermore, the Internet hasn’t had the liberalizing effects in the US either. On this episode of the podcast, we