BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Launching a rideshare app and hailing a lift to your destination may seem convenient and sometimes affordable. But you may be overlooking hidden personal costs arising from potential abuse of your private data, especially with the advent of artificial intelligence. “Apps like Uber and Lyft can quietly gather enormous amounts of personal… Read more »
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While traditionally laid off employees have relied on consumer credit and unemployment insurance to maintain consumption, research finds that the gig economy serves as a substitute for many seeking other, more permanent work. In a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics, researchers matched anonymized data from on credit profiles with… Read more »
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – An opinion issued March 13 by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — which likely will dramatically impact the regulation of platform-based technology firms nationwide — closely followed the line of argument laid out in a brief filed with the court by two Indiana University Kelley School of Business professors, Abbey… Read more »