1st Edition

Trust and Distrust in Digital Economies

By Philippa Ryan Copyright 2019
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

In digital economies, the Internet enables the "platformisation" of everything. Big technology companies and mobile apps are running mega marketplaces, supported by seamless online payments systems. This rapidly expanding ecosystem is fueled by data. Meanwhile, perceptions of the global financial crisis, data breaches, disinformation and the manipulation of political sentiment have combined to... Read more

Part I Introduction and classification

1. Introduction

2. The cost of trust

3. Distinguishing between social relationships of trust and Trusts

4. Distinguishing digital economies from non-digital economies

5. Contract versus trust

6. Financial versus non-financial goals and values in business

Part II Social relationships of trust in digital economies

7. Introduction

8. Social contracting in e-business

9. Trust in online advertising

10. Industrial relations in the gig economy

11. Protecting privacy in a world of big data

12. The accountability of algorithms

13. Trustless relationships enabled by blockchain

Part III Legal relationships of Trust in digital and crypto economies

14. Introduction

15. Duties of Trustees and fiduciaries in digital economies

16. Statutory Trustees of crypto-assets

17. Good faith and competence in crypto-economies

18. Liability of third parties in digital and crypto-economies

Part IV Key challenges and conclusion

19. Closing the tax gap in digital economies

20. Too much data?

21. The end of ownership in digital economies?

22. Conclusion

Index

Biography

Dr Philippa (Pip) Ryan is a barrister and a senior lecturer in the College of Law at the Australian National University in Canberra. She is a Fellow of the Australian Digital Commerce Association. Pip is Chair of the Standards Australia blockchain working group for smart contracts, and Deputy Chair of the Australian Computer Society’s blockchain technical committee. In 2018, she was named an American Bar Association "Legal Rebel". Pip co-authored Van Rijmenam and Ryan, Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our World (Routledge, 2019). Her favourite place to be is with her husband at home in the Snowy Mountains, with family and friends.