My distinguished guest is Vili Lehdonvirta from University of Oxford. He is a social scientist leading a research group that studies how digital technologies are reshaping the organization of economic activities in society, from gig platforms to online marketplaces and virtual currencies to crowdfunding. His new book "Cloud Empires: How digital platforms are overtaking the state and how we can regain control" was published by MIT Press in September 2022. His previous book "Virtual Economies: Design and analysis" is published by MIT Press and translated to Chinese and Japanese. He authored and co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles published in leading journals such as Socio-Economic Review, Sociology, and Journal of Management. Vili is a former member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Online Platform Economy and the High-Level Expert Group on Digital Transformation and EU Labour Markets. His research has been covered by The New York Times, The Guardian, The Economist, Washington Post, Die Zeit, Le Monde, Nikkei, and other popular media around the world. Full show notes at clara-durodie.com/podcast. This episode is sponsored by Teradata. Learn more at Teradata.com Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast.