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How Can Digitalisation Close the VAT Gap? Insights for Policymakers
By embracing digital transformation, policymakers can create more efficient, transparent, and fair tax systems that…
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Blockchain for better e-governance? Understanding the latest developments in the industry
If the potential of blockchain-driven management is fully realised, what areas in the public, economic,…
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A distributed resilience among darknet markets?
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in EconomicsThe actions by law enforcement were deliberately structured to seed distrust in illicit trading platforms.…
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Mapping Fentanyl Trades on the Darknet
The US accounts for almost 40% of global darknet trade, with Canada and Australia at…
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Introducing Martin Dittus, Data Scientist and Darknet Researcher
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Martin Dittus is a Data Scientist at the Oxford Internet Institute. The stringent ethics process…
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Exploring the Darknet in Five Easy Questions
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in EconomicsWe caught up with Martin Dittus to find out some basics about darknet markets, and…
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Digital platforms are governing systems—so it’s time we examined them in more detail
It’s important that we take a multi-perspective view of the role of digital platforms in…
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Considering the Taylor Review: Ways Forward for the Gig Economy
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in EconomicsThe review assesses changes in labour markets and employment practices, and proposes policy solutions.
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Should citizens be allowed to vote on public budgets?
Considered to be a successful example of empowered democratic governance, participatory budgeting has spread among…
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Can universal basic income counter the ill-effects of the gig economy?
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in EconomicsBasic income is an interesting solution for the gig economy, because it addresses its problems…
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Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
Are there ways in which the data economy could directly finance global causes such as…
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The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy
Applying elementary institutional economics to examine what blockchain technologies really do in terms of economic…