Humanizing the Digital Economy

Victor Glass is Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries (CRRI) in the Department of Finance and Economics at Rutgers University Business School, Newark, New Jersey, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an MBA from Columbia University. He has published articles and books on net neutrality, business data services, customers as competitors, the next generation of wireless technology, smart grid technologies, and antitrust policies, among others.

• The Roots of Political Gridlock and Foreshadowing a Way out.- Part I: Respect: Uncovering the Wisdom of America's Ideologies.- Libertarianism: Centralization can Lead to Serfdom.- Conservatism: Cultural Dissolution can Lead to Despotism.- Liberalism: Economic Instability and Exclusion can Lead to Riots and Revolutions.- Assessment: Common Goals, Different Narratives.- Radicalism: From Babel to Sodom.- Part II: Coding Crisis: Existential Threats to Core Values and Human Nature.- Cyberspace Capitalism Part 1: Introduction to the Online Economy and Its Fragilities.- Cyberspace Capitalism Part 2: The Rise of Platforms, Cryptocurrency, and the Dark Web.- Digital Overexposure.- Palace Intrigues and Stealthy Security: Uncomfortable Tradeoffs Between Liberty and Security.- Eugenics and the Nearsighted God.- Unsettling Perspectives.- Part III: Reconciliation and Collaboration.- Religious Humanism Defined.- Elements of Religious Humanism.- Dynamic Integration of Ideological Perspectives.- Case Study: Drilling for Oil in Alaska.- Case Study: Sustainable Growth Applied to the Nation's Power Grid.- A Macro View: Using System Analysis.- Summary, Conclusions and Outlook.