The Economic Lives of Platforms
Mette Thorhauge, Anne / Lindegaard Gregersen, Andreas / Otto, Eva Iris / Ørmen, Jacob / Pedersen, Morten Axel
This interdisciplinary collection rethinks the political economy of the digital market by asking what came before platforms and suggesting what might come after them. By unpacking the concept of 'platform economies' into locally embedded variations of digital markets, the book identifies what is new about contemporary platforms and what is characteristic of wider historical, social and economic currents. The diverse team of authors employ vari...