Too big tech: is Alphabet approaching a growth ceiling?
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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As the tech giant approaches its 25-year anniversary, there are questions of just how much more it can possibly grow. Investors are used to stratospheric returns. Is it time to manage expectations? Nested behind the appearance of social discontent in France is an economy that is actually thriving (10:51). And, a tribute to a true man of the woods (19:02).
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