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b'Why were so many Taylor Swift fans unable to secure tickets for her upcoming US tour?\\n\\nPossible explanations vary, but many have pointed to market power concentration in creative industries, and how it affects the creative class and consumers. Consider Amazon\'s influence in book publishing, Google/Facebook\'s advertising duopoly effect on news media, or in Swift\'s case, Ticketmaster\\u2019s control of ticketing and venues for artists. In a new book (co-authored with scholar Rebecca Giblin), Cory Doctorow \\u2013 a renowned writer and activist \\u2013 calls this \\u2018capture\\u2019 of creative labor markets "Chokepoint Capitalism."\\n\\nDoctorow joins Bethany and Luigi to discuss the negative effects of concentration, why the doctrine that gave us these market effects is inadequate, and what could be done to return more power and profits to creative workers and beyond \\u2013 while also asking the question: what are we trying to accomplish with competition itself?'