Digital platforms: monopoly capital through a classical-marxian lens
运用古典马克思主义的垄断概念,分析谷歌、亚马逊和脸书等数字平台如何通过生产条件和产权限制资本流动,形成新型垄断资本。
Abstract The classical-marxian conception of capitalist monopoly, based on restrictions to capital mobility arising from production conductions and property rights rather than oligopolistic market structure, is a fruitful way of approaching the implications of the pervasive spread of modern corporations—what has been termed the stage of Monopoly Capital. The relevance of the classical-marxian conception of ‘capitalist monopoly’ in the context of new technology is investigated by applying it to the monopoly exercised by contemporary digital platforms, with a specific focus on Google (Alphabet), Amazon and Facebook.