Own this!
how platform cooperatives help workers build a democratic Internet
- ISBN: 9781839764554
- Editorial: Verso Books
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 240
- Idiomas: Inglés
Winner of the First Prize in the Joyce Rothschild Book Awards
Platform cooperatives reimagine a world where domestic workers can double their income by establishing their own platform-an internet where platforms such as Twitch, Twitter, and Roblox were owned by their streamers, users, and creators. What if small fishing communities in Mexico or farmers in Kerala had the power to determine what data they collected about their work and how they utilized that data?
Platform cooperatives are not a figment of the utopian imagination, but rather a reality that is transforming industries today. Collectives that leverage technology offer an urgent and practical solution to shift how businesses are owned and controlled, allowing workers to make decisions together. In this book, researcher and activist Trebor Scholz explores how these new forms of business, powered by peer principles, are paving the way for a more equitable economy that benefits everyone.
Own This! sets out a program that could change the ways we live, work, and organize.
Alternative paths
Worker ownership for the digital economy
Solidarity at scale
Redefining value
Roots of resilience : unions and platform
Cooperatives
The coming data democracy
Letter from 2035 : a social vision realized
Epilogue : how to start a platform Co-op