Cloud empires : how digital platforms are overtaking the state and how we can regain control / Vili Lehdonvirta.
"Companies like Amazon, Upwork, Apple's App Store, and Ebay are shaping the world and the prospects of millions of people who depend on them for their livelihoods. This book explores the implications of this power and shows how it compares with traditional statecraft"--
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Introduction -- Three Thousand Years of History in Thirty Years -- The Ancient Problem -- Inspiration from Our Ancestors -- How to Read This Book -- Part I: Economic Institutions -- 2. Reciprocity: The Golden Rule in -- 3. From Reputation To Regulation: The Birth of a Giant -- 4. The Privacy Dilemma: Maintaining Order In a Masquerade -- 5. Death Of Distance, Resurrection Of Borders: Labor Markets in Cyberspace -- 6. Centrally Planned Free Markets: Programming a Soviet Union 2.0? -- Part II: Political Institutions -- 7. Network Effect: From Digital Revolutionary to Everything Emperor -- 8. Cryptocracy: The Quest To Replace Politics with Technology -- 9. Collective Action I: Workers of the Internet, Unite? -- 10. Collective Action II: Rise of a Digital Middle Class -- Part III: Social Institutions -- 11. The Digital Safety Net: Social Protection and Education in a Platform Economy -- 12. Conclusions. | |
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