Wie entsteht ökonomischer Mehrwert im Kapitalismus? Und wie sollte er umverteilt werden? Das waren die zentralen Fragen, die Karl Marx am Übergang zum Industrie-Kapitalismus in "Das Kapital" auf radikale Weise beantwortete. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger und Thomas Ramge beantworten die gleichen...

Modern information and communication technologies are reshaping the environment in which foreign policy and international relations are conducted. According to conventional wisdom the information revolution has increased the influence of non-state actors and undermined the authority of the...

When on September 11, 2001, the Pentagon stood ablaze, responding fire companies from Maryland could not communicate with those from Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. Runners had to be used instead, stalling rescue efforts: a powerful reminder that even in the age of digital networks and...

Over the last several years, many have called for an internationalization of Internet governance in general, and Internet naming and numbering in particular. The multi-year WSIS process that culminated in November 2005 was intended to create momentum in such direction. The United States has long...

More than a decade ago John Perry Barlow envisioned a cyberspace free from real-world regulation. His vision was flawed. But virtual worlds, in which millions of users around the world spend significant amounts of their time (and money) interacting and transacting with each other, may prove...