This post originally appeared on Medium on February 12. It has been reposted here with permission. Theory tells us that data is central to digital platform capitalism, so there is growing interest in creating policies that protect consumers and foster innovation given new data-driven business practices. But data is not new to digital capitalism, and […]
By Mercedes Aguirre & Sandra Garcia-Rivadulla When we look into platform economies that are disruptive and hold the potential for deep socio-cultural changes, we feel compelled to look into microfinance, more specifically the notion of Peer to Peer lending (P2PL) (also known as social lending). P2P-based platforms are mostly aimed at those constrained by socio-economic […]