Platform Workers Explain How New EU Rules Would Impact Millions of Jobs
After months of discussion, the European Council is still struggling to land an agreement on the Platform Work Directive (PWD). […]
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Platform Work: How the Proposed EU Rules Could Impact Millions of Self-employed Europeans
Being reclassified as an employee doesn’t necessarily improve working conditions for freelancers. Many important benefits of freelance work could be […]
Sizing Up the Creator Economy
The Internet has empowered creators—writers, musicians, filmmakers, and other content creators—to showcase their creativity. The “disintermediation” of traditional publishing houses […]
FTC Hearings #3: Multi-Sided Platforms and Competitor Acquisitions
From October 15-17, the FTC held the third in its series of hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the […]
Fortnite: A Tale of Two Operating Systems
Fortnite is the number one game on the planet. If you think that means that Fortnite’s developer Epic Games has […]
Why Online Platforms Lose Sleep Over Disruption
A new paper by economist David Evans takes aim at the notion that Internet platforms are, in the words of […]
Android, iOS and Market Power – What Does Mobile Platform Competition Really Look Like? – Part II
A while back I wrote about the European Commission’s competition investigation into the Android operating system (OS) and today’s mobile […]
