Anu Bradford and Harold James for PS Read More

Custodians of the Internet, by Tarleton Gillespie; Regulation on the High Wire, by Angela Huyue Zhang; and more. The PS Say More Newsletter [PS Read More]( In this week's edition of PS Read More, we share recommendations from Anu Bradford, Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School. We also highlight a recent work by Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. Anu Bradford Recommends... [Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media]( By Tarleton Gillespie "When I started researching the digital economy for my new book Digital Empires, this was one of the first books I read. It illuminates how tech companies make content-moderation decisions. Gillespie’s astute insights led me to ask whether the true 'digital empires' are not the governments, but the tech companies, while reinforcing my sense that digital governance needs to be rooted in the rule of law and overseen by democratic institutions." [The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future]( By Sebastian Mallaby "This terrific book on the mindset and operation of the venture-capital industry was invaluable when I was seeking to understand the origins of the American market-driven model. (Margaret O’Mara’s [The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America]( was another great read on this topic.) Among its many insights, The Power Law taught me how American VCs have fueled the growth of the leading tech giants, not only in the US, but also in China." Regulation on the High Wire: How China Governs Tech and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2024) By [Angela Huyue Zhang]( "I want to put this important forthcoming book, which explores how China governs the tech industry, on everyone’s radar. Zhang’s work – including her 2021 book, [China’s Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation]( – has been instrumental in helping me understand the intricacies of the Chinese government’s policymaking and regulatory apparatus. Regulation on the High Wire (I read a draft manuscript) offers a compelling analytical framework that explains the volatility we see in China’s approach to digital regulation." Don't miss Bradford's recent Say More interview, in which she highlights barriers to US tech regulation, explains why effective implementation of the EU’s AI Act is vital, shows how China is expanding its digital footprint globally, and more. [Read now](. By a PS Contributor [Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization]( By Harold James James says: "My book is in a sense an outgrowth of the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic change it wrought in everyone’s lives, and in geopolitics. I had been thinking about globalization and its discontents for over 30 years, and became intrigued by the way that there are historical reversals, as in the Great Depression, but also new phases of intense interconnection. The COVID crisis then seemed to me to hold analogies with previous moments when globalization was reimagined and reconfigured, such as the mid-nineteenth-century famines and revolutions, or the supply shocks of the 1970s. The current rhetoric about deglobalization is oblivious to the way in which technology (comprising weightless products) links the world in novel and profound ways. Unlike most people who see the world fragmenting and splitting into blocs, I see a dynamic – similar to that of the mid-nineteenth century or the later twentieth century – in which a concern with competent government and improved, more efficient business structures would drive a new wave of adoption of technologies, as well as eventually more opening – if you like, more globalization, and more beneficent globalization." In his recent Say More interview, James offers advice for post-conflict stabilization in Ukraine, considers where policymakers have gone wrong in responding to inflation, explains why growth remains the best means of managing debt risk, and more. [Read now](. [PS. Explore the new issue of our magazine, PS Quarterly: At Arms.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter does not entitle the recipient to re-publish any of the content it contains. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.