In Tech We Trust?: Navigating Antitrust Policy in a Mercantilist World, Part One

Does breaking up big companies make America more competitive—or undermine its national security? On this episode of Cache Me If You Can, hosts Matt Pearl and Lauryn Williams sit down with USC law professor Jonathan Barnett to challenge conventional thinking on antitrust and national security.

From the breakup of AT&T to defense industry consolidation and Ukraine's drone innovation, they explore when bigger companies strengthen American security, when smaller competitors drive innovation, and whether antitrust law is the right tool for navigating great-power competition.