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International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2024, 6(10); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2024.061013.

Digital Economy and Common Prosperity: Theoretical Logic, Practical Challenges and Practical Paths

Author(s)

Fu Yijie

Corresponding Author:
Fu Yijie
Affiliation(s)

School of Marxism, Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, 716000, China

Abstract

The development and expansion of digital economy has laid a solid material foundation for realizing common prosperity. However, the digital economy is also facing many challenges, such as accelerated monopolistic competition in the platform economy under the logic of capital, the paradox of subjectivity and unequal production relations in the process of digital labor, the digital divide that prevents the disadvantaged groups from sharing the digital dividend, and the increasing polarization effect in the distribution of wealth. Therefore, to give full play to the digital dividend, it is necessary to increase the anti-monopoly governance of the platform economy to prevent the uncontrolled expansion of capital; to build a people-oriented digital economy value; to promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and regions, so that the people can share the dividend of digital development; and to release the digital dividend through the organic combination of the government and the market.

Keywords

digital economy; common prosperity; platform monopoly; digital divide; digital labor

Cite This Paper

Fu Yijie. Digital Economy and Common Prosperity: Theoretical Logic, Practical Challenges and Practical Paths. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 10: 85-93. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2024.061013.

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