Virtual Competition
"A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition." --Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and…
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"A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition." --Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking expos invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching are changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better. Introducing into the policy lexicon terms such as algorithmic collusion, behavioral discrimination, and super-platforms, Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke explore the resulting impact on competition, our democratic ideals, our wallets, and our well-being. "We owe the authors our deep gratitude for anticipating and explaining the consequences of