Steven P Vallas
@spvallas.bsky.social
Longtime student of work, technology, and class domination. Current research centers on labor platforms and logistics workers at Amazon. Dogs, forestry, Celtics, & Frankfurt School among my passions.
Anyone know much about Amazon Haul? It doesn’t yet work, but it seems to disintermediate its supply chains -it puts consumers directly in touch with foreign producers, undercutting brand name companies. Tariff avoidance maybe? Share observations.
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anyone know much about Amazon Haul? It doesn’t yet work, but it seems to disintermediate its supply chains -it puts consumers directly in touch with foreign producers, undercutting brand name companies. Tariff avoidance maybe? Share observations.
Thrilled to share the transcript of our conversation with Hatim Rahman regarding his new book, *Inside the Invisible Cage: How Algorithms Control Workers* (with many thanks to Lindsay Cameron):
wipsociology.org/2025/05/20/author-meets-critics-engaging-hatim-rahmans-inside-the-invisible-cage/
wipsociology.org/2025/05/20/author-meets-critics-engaging-hatim-rahmans-inside-the-invisible-cage/
wipsociology.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thrilled to share the transcript of our conversation with Hatim Rahman regarding his new book, *Inside the Invisible Cage: How Algorithms Control Workers* (with many thanks to Lindsay Cameron):
wipsociology.org/2025/05/20/author-meets-critics-engaging-hatim-rahmans-inside-the-invisible-cage/
wipsociology.org/2025/05/20/author-meets-critics-engaging-hatim-rahmans-inside-the-invisible-cage/
Even primary school kids have more wisdom than the mad king has developed in his seventy very odd years.
Best part is the teacher’s approval at the bottom.
Best part is the teacher’s approval at the bottom.
April 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Even primary school kids have more wisdom than the mad king has developed in his seventy very odd years.
Best part is the teacher’s approval at the bottom.
Best part is the teacher’s approval at the bottom.
The Nazis relied on Taylorism in the death camps so this is in character, no? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Nazis relied on Taylorism in the death camps so this is in character, no? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The last time I remember hearing a senior official claiming that the markets weren’t exhibiting systemic problems was (wait for it) August 2007. This is terrifying.
April 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The last time I remember hearing a senior official claiming that the markets weren’t exhibiting systemic problems was (wait for it) August 2007. This is terrifying.
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
Crash dummy is in charge
seatbelts
April 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Crash dummy is in charge
So at what point does the capitalist class, fractured and ill educated though it might be, actually begin to feel a smidgeon of buyer’s remorse?
April 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
So at what point does the capitalist class, fractured and ill educated though it might be, actually begin to feel a smidgeon of buyer’s remorse?
Sharing this with @marionf.bsky.social and @kjhealy.co
One of the more provocative books on digital capitalism that’s recently appeared is THE ORDINAL SOCIETY by Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy. Attached here is my review.
www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...
www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...
Class, Power, and Digital Technology: A review of Fourcade and Healy, The Ordinal Society – Work in Progress
www.wipsociology.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sharing this with @marionf.bsky.social and @kjhealy.co
One of the more provocative books on digital capitalism that’s recently appeared is THE ORDINAL SOCIETY by Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy. Attached here is my review.
www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...
www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...
Class, Power, and Digital Technology: A review of Fourcade and Healy, The Ordinal Society – Work in Progress
www.wipsociology.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
One of the more provocative books on digital capitalism that’s recently appeared is THE ORDINAL SOCIETY by Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy. Attached here is my review.
www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...
www.wipsociology.org/2025/03/04/c...
Jeff Bezos has just opted to end all opinion pieces at the Washington Post that fail to advance Hayekian “personal liberties and free markets.” Another pillar of democracy crushed in the blink of an eye. Just cancelled.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Jeff Bezos has just opted to end all opinion pieces at the Washington Post that fail to advance Hayekian “personal liberties and free markets.” Another pillar of democracy crushed in the blink of an eye. Just cancelled.
Just his Canadian citizenship?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
More than 230,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship
Experts say the effort, which is not expected to succeed, reflects anger over Musk’s alliance with Trump, who has threatened Canada with tariffs and annexation.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just his Canadian citizenship?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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The last but definitely not the least keynote speaker for #WORK2025fi conference is Emeritus Professor Steven Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social (USA) with the title “Platform Capitalism Revisited: The Coming of Algorithmic Society.”
Submit your abstract by 20 February at www.work2025.fi!
Submit your abstract by 20 February at www.work2025.fi!
February 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The last but definitely not the least keynote speaker for #WORK2025fi conference is Emeritus Professor Steven Vallas @spvallas.bsky.social (USA) with the title “Platform Capitalism Revisited: The Coming of Algorithmic Society.”
Submit your abstract by 20 February at www.work2025.fi!
Submit your abstract by 20 February at www.work2025.fi!
Let’s call things by their right names…
February 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Let’s call things by their right names…
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The British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social have removed replaced "gender" with "sex" in their member equality survey, and erased the "non-binary" response option entirely.
Love to see the professional body of sociology echoing Donald Trump.
Love to see the professional body of sociology echoing Donald Trump.
February 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social have removed replaced "gender" with "sex" in their member equality survey, and erased the "non-binary" response option entirely.
Love to see the professional body of sociology echoing Donald Trump.
Love to see the professional body of sociology echoing Donald Trump.
Reposted by Steven P Vallas
Saw this over on Threads, and, yeah…
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Saw this over on Threads, and, yeah…
Happy to share link to our blog post “Republic of Fear? Complexity and Coercion in Amazon’s Warehouses”
www.wipsociology.org/2025/01/20/r...
www.wipsociology.org/2025/01/20/r...
Republic of Fear? Complexity and Coercion in Amazon Warehouses – Work in Progress
www.wipsociology.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy to share link to our blog post “Republic of Fear? Complexity and Coercion in Amazon’s Warehouses”
www.wipsociology.org/2025/01/20/r...
www.wipsociology.org/2025/01/20/r...