Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation

12/18/2024 Siamak Etefagh

As Joseph Schumpeter noted, markets need “creative destruction” to survive and advance. However, Europe‘s Digital Market Act (DMA)—while written to ostensibly protect competition—gives the digital economy uncreative destruction.

Original article: Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation

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