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Benjamin J. Shestakofsky on How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality

Benjamin J. Shestakofsky on How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality

2024-12-09
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks to Benjamin Shestakofsky about his book, Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality (U California Press, 2024). Shestakofsky is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is affiliated with AI at Wharton and the Center on Digital Culture and Society. His research centers on how digital technologies are affecting work and employment, organizations, and economic exchange.

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