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The limits of uberisation: How far can platforms go?
Homejoy was slated to become the Uber of domestic cleaning services. It was a platform…
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Should we love Uber and Airbnb or protest against them?
– in EconomicsSome theorists suggest that such platforms are making our world more efficient by natural selection.…
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Uber and Airbnb make the rules now — but to whose benefit?
Outlining a more nuanced theory of institutional change that suggests that platforms’ effects on society…
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Why are citizens migrating to Uber and Airbnb, and what should governments do about it?
What if we dug into existing social science theory to see what it has to…
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A promised ‘right’ to fast internet rings hollow for millions stuck with 20th-century speeds
Tell those living in the countryside about the government’s promised “right to fast internet” and…
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Does a market-approach to online privacy protection result in better protection for users?
Examining the voluntary provision by commercial sites of information privacy protection and control under the…
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Will digital innovation disintermediate banking—and can regulatory frameworks keep up?
The role of finance in enabling the development and implementation of new ideas is vital—an…
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Gender gaps in virtual economies: are there virtual ‘pink’ and ‘blue’ collar occupations?
Men and women tend to be rewarded differently for the same amount of work. Since…
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Broadband may be East Africa’s 21st century railway to the world
The excitement over the potentially transformative effects of the internet in low-income countries is nowhere…
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Investigating virtual production networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
This mass connectivity has been one crucial ingredient for some significant changes in how work…
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Outside the cities and towns, rural Britain’s internet is firmly stuck in the 20th century
The quality of rural internet access in the UK, or lack of it, has long…
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Economics for Orcs: how can virtual world economies inform national economies and those who design them?
– in EconomicsUnderstanding these economies is therefore crucial to anyone who is interested in the social dynamics…