The Economics of Platform Trust: Evidence from E-Commerce
Platform Economics
We develop a framework for analyzing platform trust as an economic asset with measurable contributions to transaction volume, unit economics, and competitive po...
observations from near and far
Platform Economics
We develop a framework for analyzing platform trust as an economic asset with measurable contributions to transaction volume, unit economics, and competitive po...
Technology
While Western markets maintain a pattern of specialized single-purpose apps, Southeast Asia has embraced the super app model — where ride-hailing, food delivery...
Travel
Tech coverage tends to focus on Silicon Valley and a handful of other major hubs. Spending time in smaller tech ecosystems — Lisbon, Taipei, Medellín, Bangalore...
Work
After five years of large-scale remote-first company experimentation, clear patterns have emerged about what separates successful remote organizations from thos...
Lifestyle
For most of the previous century, where you lived was largely a function of where you worked. Remote work broke that coupling for knowledge workers, and the eff...
Wellness
The wellness app market has grown substantially in recent years, with meditation, sleep, fitness, and mental health apps collectively reaching hundreds of milli...
Opinion
Longtermism — the philosophical position that we should weight the interests of future generations heavily in our current decisions — has gained influence in te...
Labor Economics
This analysis examines labor market effects of remote work adoption using administrative employment data from 14 countries between Q1 2020 and Q4 2025. We focus...
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