Just Code: Power, Inequality, and the Political Economy of It

＂This book examines how IT giants use software, algorithms, and systems to reinforce global social inequalities. It offers scholars and students a broad analysis of the power structures embedded in digital technologies and serves as an accessible resource for introducing the diverse methods and perspectives needed to understand these issues＂--

Jeffrey R. Yost is the Director of the Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information, and Culture and a research professor of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry. Gerardo Con Díaz is an associate professor of science and technology studies at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Software Rights: How Patent Law Transformed Software Development in America.