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    How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry w/ Laleh Khalili

    Tech Won't Save Us · Apr 24, 2025 · 52 min

    Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry. Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and her forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical…

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