Saving Democracy in the Digital Age

Big tech poses an existential threat to our democracy; the time for self-regulation must end.

By Clara Hendrickson

November 29, 2018, 3:37 pm – 6 MIN READ

Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure

Market forces are invading the space for leisure. Defending it will require nothing less than a return to robust twentieth-century social democracy.

By Stuart Whatley

May 23, 2018, 3:51 pm – 12 MIN READ

It's Not the Technology

The winners and losers of technological advancement  are determined by very deliberate policy choices—namely patents and copyright law—not the technology itself.

By Dean Baker

December 6, 2017, 3:31 pm – 9 MIN READ

At the Mercy of the Tech Gods

Franklin Foer offers many keen insights, but ultimately his case against the tech giants is too small-bore.

By Thomas Goetz

Fall 2017, No. 46 – 15 MIN READ