Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: You may be uninterested in the plight of influencers (indeed you may regard them as a ...

You may be uninterested in the plight of influencers (indeed you may regard them as a key indicator of the problems heralded by the new social media economy)... but, of course, you'll be less surprised to learn that for all its newness & modernity, the political economy of working as an influencer looks quite like more 'traditional' sectors... i.e there's a clear ethnic pay-gap!

New economies seldom put old (economically significant) prejudices behind them!

#economics

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/24/darker-skin-lower-pay-influencer-pay-gap