![]() ![]() We might think here of early market squares, but the platform as a model has really taken off with digital technologies in the past 10 years. Effectively, a platform is the intermediary between two or more different groups. ![]() NICK SRNICEK: The platform is actually a quite old business model, but it has become much more pervasive with the rise of digital technology. Let’s start from the beginning: what do you mean by platform? TOBIAS HABERKORN: Your recent book, Platform Capitalism, ends with the suggestion that we’d have many good reasons to nationalize big platforms like Google or Facebook. IN THE FOLLOWING conversation, I ask Nick Srnicek, the author of Platform Capitalism, about the nature - and dangers - of digital technology platform companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Walmart. ![]()
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