{"id":10,"date":"2026-06-01T17:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:09:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet empire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TamingTheGiants2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TamingTheGiants2.png 716w, https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TamingTheGiants2-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">keeping the internet empire under control<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tamingthegiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virtual business is here to stay. The book Internet Empire: The Hidden Digital War explains how the internet expansion of US companies has been like that of traditional empire building from an economic perspective. This has yielded substantial benefits to the US economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguing from detailed analysis of the origins of the internet, the cross-border nature of internet products and the economic nature of war, the author shows how the rise of internet platforms has been a mixed blessing. He then shares ways that we can change our own behavior to make the internet economy better for our individual and collective future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this comprehensive book written by an internationally recognised expert, you&#8217;ll learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How the internet businesses maintain their commanding market strength, and the hidden ways they earn profits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why governments are constrained in managing digital stakeholders, especially with supranational concentrated markets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What ways that internet business expansion has economic parallels with empire building<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What we can do to maintain our internet freedom, based on 15 tested principles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-display is-style-text-display--1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Readers say:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-243e3eaf5ba321f36e8dad1cd54d5f97 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;Stimulating and provocative&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5e98bcc92f2cc602e64df3f0914bd374 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;<strong>Essential reading to understand the digital economy<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5590c3990da50dd152f7a0dc5cb8838e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;Innovative and intriguing&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bfd81a8a58fe9f0c475a31ff14db5e19 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;Well written, surprising and powerful&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-781608989d7f361af575baf669f20414 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;A sweeping, evidence-filled and remarkable book&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7f27d229fb9912b0cf8f6882f03a591 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;An enjoyable polemic&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44e722fff542ae738164e82f6140392c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;An informative, thought provoking, well researched and important book that everyone should read&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-430d172c8f3f0982b5fbfecd024eb69f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;Surprising in many ways&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-394177e49f0e073751580c7d4150953b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;Easy to recommend&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-158ba66001df7d25a555635969e73e52 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30707\">&#8220;Eye-opening&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">IF you want to understand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The details of how internet businesses work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their ultimate economic and social impacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IF you want to start:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taking individual actions to ensure internet freedom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THEN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do not delay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GET IT NOW&nbsp;by clicking below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK, HARDBACK, EBOOK OR AUDIOBOOK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(P.S. and become an Ambassador for Taming the Giants by leaving a review)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-display is-style-text-display--2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sample audio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">Virtual business has brought fantastic innovation and new horizons that should create new opportunities for competition and free choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">Where does it end? How did we create this new American empire? How does it fit within the broader economic history of empires and war?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How does the territorial expansion of dominant internet firms yield economic outcomes like war?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can this internet world be tamed? Will digital regulation work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This fact-rich book explains how the internet takeover has economic consequences like those of war. But unlike a traditional war, the key to a response lies with us. The book lays out 15 easy steps &#8212; steps we can take as individuals &#8212; for how we can change our behavior to make internet business better for our own future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>keeping the internet empire under control Virtual business is here to stay. 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