Are robots taking our jobs? Those who ask this question have misunderstood digitalization. Digitalization is not a new industrial revolution. Sabine Pfeiffer gets to the heart of the problem of digital capitalism. In her analysis, she contrasts the Marxist concept of productive forces with the idea of ​​distributive forces. Using examples from the platform economy to artificial intelligence, Pfeiffer shows that digital capitalism is less about the efficient creation of value than about its rapid, risk-free, and consistently guaranteed realization in markets. Exploring this dynamic and its consequences raises the question of how destructive the distributive forces of digital capitalism can be.
This book is intended for economists, sociologists, social philosophers, and anyone interested in the processes associated with digitalization and digital capitalism.