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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Here's a short interview I did on the politics of platform capitalism, with thanks to Harvard student Nina Jensen. Comments welcome! youtu.be/5VXa0eLbnU0

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Labor scholars and students of the platform economy will want to check out my review of Kathleen Thelen's new book, *Attention Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy* Herewith the link: www.wipsociology.org Recommended!

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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Simple step: Minneapolis police should identify and arrest any and all criminals wearing ICE or CBP badges. That’s not radical; it’s called law enforcement.

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Anyone know much about Amazon Haul? It doesn’t yet work, but it seems to disintermediate its supply chains -it puts consumers directly in touch with foreign producers, undercutting brand name companies. Tariff avoidance maybe? Share observations.

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thrilled to share the transcript of our conversation with Hatim Rahman regarding his new book, *Inside the Invisible Cage: How Algorithms Control Workers* (with many thanks to Lindsay Cameron): wipsociology.org/2025/05/20/author-meets-critics-engaging-hatim-rahmans-inside-the-invisible-cage/

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Even primary school kids have more wisdom than the mad king has developed in his seventy very odd years. Best part is the teacher’s approval at the bottom.

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The last time I remember hearing a senior official claiming that the markets weren’t exhibiting systemic problems was (wait for it) August 2007. This is terrifying.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So at what point does the capitalist class, fractured and ill educated though it might be, actually begin to feel a smidgeon of buyer’s remorse?

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One of the more provocative books on digital capitalism that’s recently appeared is THE ORDINAL SOCIETY by Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy. Attached here is my review. www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...

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Class, Power, and Digital Technology: A review of Fourcade and Healy, The Ordinal Society – Work in Progress

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Jeff Bezos has just opted to end all opinion pieces at the Washington Post that fail to advance Hayekian “personal liberties and free markets.” Another pillar of democracy crushed in the blink of an eye. Just cancelled.

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WORK2025 Conference @work2025fi.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The last but definitely not the least keynote speaker for #WORK2025fi conference is Emeritus Professor Steven Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social (USA) with the title “Platform Capitalism Revisited: The Coming of Algorithmic Society.” Submit your abstract by 20 February at www.work2025.fi!

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Let’s call things by their right names…

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social have removed replaced "gender" with "sex" in their member equality survey, and erased the "non-binary" response option entirely. Love to see the professional body of sociology echoing Donald Trump.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Saw this over on Threads, and, yeah…

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Steven P Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Happy to share link to our blog post “Republic of Fear? Complexity and Coercion in Amazon’s Warehouses” www.wipsociology.org/2025/01/20/r...

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Republic of Fear? Complexity and Coercion in Amazon Warehouses – Work in Progress

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