Cloud Empires
How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2022
Summary
The early Internet was a lawless place, populated by scam artists who made buying or selling anything online risky business. Then Amazon, eBay, Upwork, and Apple established secure digital platforms for selling physical goods, crowdsourcing labor, and downloading apps. These tech giants have gone on to rule the Internet like autocrats. How did this happen? How did users and workers become the hapless subjects of online economic empires? The Internet was supposed to liberate us from powerful i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047227 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262047225 |
| Author: | Vili Lehdonvirta |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
” Cloud Empires is a terrific book … A strong recommend.” - The Enlightened Economist
“Cloud Empires is a terrific book … A strong recommend.”
– The Enlightened Economist
About The Author
Vili Lehdonvirta
Vili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford. A former software developer, he is the coauthor of Virtual Economies- Design and Analysis (MIT Press).
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