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Data & SocietyGillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times, on her book The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers. One of the characteristics of industrial age enterprises is that they ar... Read moreJanuary 2016 -
Longform
Pacific StandardGrowth in the technology sector has popularized a dangerously narrow conception of innovation. For a richer view of innovation look beyond the glistening headquarters of technology companies to dusty construction sites. In t... Read on Pacific StandardNovember 2015 -
Longform
ProPublicaLauren Kirchner and D&S fellow Surya Mattu report for ProPublica on the findings of an analysis that contradicts Uber's argument for the surge prices that it charges users. Read on ProPublicaOctober 2015 -
report
O’ReillyAuthors Nick Grossman and Elizabeth Woyke explore how changes in the workplace bundle are drawing more and more people into the part-time labor force, aka the "gig economy," including traditional freelancers, craftspeople, independent contractors, micro-entrepreneurs, and shift workers. Read on O’ReillyOctober 2015 -
op-ed
Pacific StandardD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat published an essay on remote management in Pacific Standard’s The Future of Work and Workers series: Rather than having managers who listen to them and deliver feedback, drivers are managed th... Read on Pacific StandardSeptember 2015 -
Longform
Pacific StandardD&S fellow Karen Levy published an essay on measurement in Pacific Standard's The Future of Work and Workers series: As data analytics and monitoring technologies come to be used in more and more workplaces, we must be att... Read on Pacific StandardAugust 2015 -
op-ed
Motherboard"Uber’s access to real-time information about where passengers and drivers are has helped make it one of the most efficient and useful apps produced by Silicon Valley in recent years. But if you open the app assuming you’ll get... Read on MotherboardJuly 2015 -
op-ed
Slate"Increasingly, what underlies the debate over the so-called sharing economy is a nascent, bigger battle about how society wants machines coordinating and governing human activity. These apps don't match and route people by hand... Read on SlateJuly 2015 -
blog post
Data & SocietyBenjamen Walker makes some of the best radio around....His finest work tends to come out in series of podcasts, exploring a complex issue through interviews and stories that unfold over two or more sequential weekly episodes. ... Read on Data & SocietyJuly 2015 -
Academic Article
Public CultureSareeta Amrute looks at violence against women in cars in India through a labor lens. Read on Public CultureMay 2015