Datacapitalism in the World of Crises

From the privileged position of minister in the cabinet of Finnish PM Sanna Marin, Timo Harakka provides this extraordinary insider account of opening, regulating and governing data amidst the geo-economic challenges facing Europe and the world today.

A third-term Member of the Finnish Parliament, Timo Harakka is also an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and columnist contributor to all major news outlets over more than three decades. He served as Minister of Employment in 2019, and as Minister of Transport and Communications until 2023.

Praise for the Finnish edition of Data Capitalism in a world of crises (2023):

“Collecting, organising, reprocessing, trading, analysing, refining and using data has become the most important business of humankind. Beginning from here, this book reviews a staggering list of examples of how data really makes the whole world go round (...) The book comprehensively examines the impacts of digitisation, the influence of algorithms in our daily lives, the significance of disinformation in social media, and the kind of changes that artificial intelligence will bring. (...) Data capitalism in a world of crises is a concise and fascinating report on the world of politics, economics, databits and algorithms.

- Mikko Hyppönen (Chief Research Officer at WithSecure), Maanpuolustus

“While fascinating, this work also makes scary reading. Easily influenced people further empower those who crave power, allowing massive income transfers to the great flagships of data capitalism.” - Jarmo Koponen, Uusi Suomi

“There is great value in Harakka's clear exposition of EU legislative initiatives on the data economy that hide behind such cryptic initials as DMA, DSA, DGA and DA.”

- Oskari Onninen, Suomen Kuvalehti