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Unpacking the Data Dividend Concept, feat. Chris Benner

The Basic Income Podcast
The Basic Income Podcast
Unpacking the Data Dividend Concept, feat. Chris Benner
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Recently the idea of a “data dividend” has received renewed attention, due to interest from California Governor Gavin Newsom. The idea that people are entitled to a cut of the profits from the data they are producing from their online activity, and even location data that companies are collecting holds some intuitive appeal. But how would this work, and is it a feasible policy? Chris Benner, author and professor in the UC Santa Cruz Sociology Department, joins the podcast to help elucidate the data dividend idea.