Tech's Big Money Campaign is Getting Pushback with Margaret O'Mara and Brody Mullins

Today, the tech industry is  the second-biggest lobbying
power in Washington, DC, but that wasn’t true as recently as ten
years ago. How did we get to this moment? And where could we be
going next? On this episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan
and Daniel sit down with historian Margaret O’Mara and journalist
Brody Mullins to discuss how Silicon Valley has changed the
nature of American lobbying. 


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RECOMMENDED MEDIA


The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took
Over Big Government - Brody’s book on the history of lobbying.


The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America - Margaret’s
book on the historical relationship between Silicon Valley and
Capitol Hill


More information on the Google antitrust ruling


More Information on KOSPA


More information on the SOPA/PIPA internet blackout


Detailed breakdown of Internet lobbying from Open Secrets


 


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CORRECTION: Brody Mullins refers to AT&T as having a “hundred
million dollar” lobbying budget in 2006 and 2007. While we
couldn’t verify the size of their budget for lobbying, their
actual lobbying spend was much less than this: $27.4m in 2006 and
$16.5m in 2007, according to OpenSecrets.


 


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