Marketplace Tech

How presidential candidates are talking about tech on the campaign trail


Listen Later

We are a little more than a year away from Election Day, and voters have probably heard something about candidates’ views on the economy, foreign policy and other issues in the media daily. But today, “Marketplace Tech” is looking at what candidates are telling voters about their plans for the future of technology in the United States. How are they framing issues related to artificial intelligence, social media and the power of Big Tech? If you scroll through the websites of the leading candidates, tech might not seem very high on their priority list so far. But tech is definitely on the agenda — you just have to know where to look and what to listen for. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Dave Weigel, politics reporter for the news website Semafor, about how the contenders are defining and spinning tech to influence voters.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Marketplace TechBy Marketplace

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

1,234 ratings


More shows like Marketplace Tech

View all
Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,056 Listeners

Marketplace Morning Report by Marketplace

Marketplace Morning Report

882 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,644 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,898 Listeners

Marketplace All-in-One by Marketplace

Marketplace All-in-One

1,359 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,212 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,390 Listeners

The Uncertain Hour by Marketplace

The Uncertain Hour

2,168 Listeners

Make Me Smart by Marketplace

Make Me Smart

5,495 Listeners

Bold Names by The Wall Street Journal

Bold Names

1,440 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,555 Listeners

This Is Uncomfortable by Marketplace

This Is Uncomfortable

3,595 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,248 Listeners

Marketplace Minute by Marketplace

Marketplace Minute

163 Listeners

Million Bazillion by Marketplace

Million Bazillion

2,685 Listeners

How We Survive by Marketplace

How We Survive

1,322 Listeners

The Economics of Everyday Things by Freakonomics Network & Zachary Crockett

The Economics of Everyday Things

1,589 Listeners

Financially Inclined by Marketplace

Financially Inclined

82 Listeners

Everybody in the Pool by Molly Wood

Everybody in the Pool

221 Listeners