Platform Capitalism (Theory Redux)

alternatives forms of control via reputation systems,

shift into product platforms

which often transmit the gendered and racist biases of society.

The gig economy simply moves these sites online and adds a layer of pervasive surveillance.

self-employment has created 66.5 per cent of net employment after 2008 and is the only thing that has staved off much higher levels of unemployment.

their profitability appears to be generated solely by the removal of costs and the lowering of wages and not by anything substantial.

A tool of survival is being marketed by Silicon Valley as a tool of liberation.

Lean platforms operate through a hyper-outsourced model, whereby workers are outsourced, fixed capital is outsourced, maintenance costs are outsourced, and training is outsourced.

lean platforms