Georg Rilinger
@rilinger.bsky.social
Economic sociologist, assistant professor at MIT Sloan, I study regulatory failure, market failures, and platform design - from an organizational perspective.
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Here's the book review that came out of all this: econsoc.mpifg.de/50610/econso... (p. 19-21). Thanks again to @rilinger.bsky.social for an excellent read and to the Andalucian people for their hospitality during the black out.
June 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Here's the book review that came out of all this: econsoc.mpifg.de/50610/econso... (p. 19-21). Thanks again to @rilinger.bsky.social for an excellent read and to the Andalucian people for their hospitality during the black out.
Susan Silbey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and I are looking for a postdoc interested in research on AI and misinformation in economic contexts. Apply and join us at MIT Sloan and Schwarzman: apply.interfolio.com/165240
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March 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Susan Silbey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and I are looking for a postdoc interested in research on AI and misinformation in economic contexts. Apply and join us at MIT Sloan and Schwarzman: apply.interfolio.com/165240
I am very excited to see "Market Design as Organizational Problem" out at AJS: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1.... How do we explain systemic levels of destructive behavior in platform markets (system failures)? I suggest that we should focus on the organization that
Market Design as Organizational Problem: Explaining System Failures in Platform Markets | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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March 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I am very excited to see "Market Design as Organizational Problem" out at AJS: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1.... How do we explain systemic levels of destructive behavior in platform markets (system failures)? I suggest that we should focus on the organization that
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Do you value your library?
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Do you value your library?
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
If your German, don’t forget to vote today!
February 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
If your German, don’t forget to vote today!
In doi.org/10.1007/s111... I show that we can explain variation in the operation of digital markets by looking at the design work in the companies building these platforms. There is a whole frontier of research about the organizational dynamics behind failures in digital markets.
Algorithmic Management and the Social Order of Digital Markets - Theory and Society
Platform companies use techniques of algorithmic management to control their users. Though digital marketplaces vary in their use of these techniques, few studies have asked why. This question is theo...
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January 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In doi.org/10.1007/s111... I show that we can explain variation in the operation of digital markets by looking at the design work in the companies building these platforms. There is a whole frontier of research about the organizational dynamics behind failures in digital markets.