The Age of Extraction
About This Book
The Age of Extraction (2025) argues that dominant digital platforms have shifted from creating value to extracting it from users, suppliers, and the wider economy. It traces how weakened antitrust enforcement and data-driven network effects allowed monopoly power to entrench itself across sectors, from retail and media to AI. It sketches a path to rebalance power – through tougher competition policy and utility-style rules – so innovation and prosperity are more widely shared.
Who Should Read This?
- Policy-minded regulators and antitrust enforcement staff
- Data-savvy tech operators, product managers, and founders
- Anyone interested in tech power and competition policy
About the Author
Tim Wu is a Columbia Law School professor and leading antitrust and technology-policy scholar, widely credited with coining the term “net neutrality,” and he served as Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Technology and Competition Policy from 2021 to 2023. His other best-selling works include The Master Switch, The Attention Merchants, and The Curse of Bigness, which together established him as a prominent voice on corporate power and the digital economy.
