Rent in the Digital Age
Mariana Mazzucato
Translated from the English by A. Rezvov. — Moscow: Gaidar Institute Press, 2026. — 160 p.
ISBN 978-5-93255-703-7
In Rent in the Digital Age, Mariana Mazzucato and her co-authors present an original view of the transformation of rent relations in the modern economy. The study is divided into two interrelated parts that form a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of economic rent in the digital age.
The first part of the book is devoted to the analysis of a new type of rent — algorithmic attention rent, which arises in digital platform ecosystems. The authors reveal the mechanisms by which tech giants monetize user attention and justify the need for regulatory oversight of these processes. The second part presents a fundamental theoretical framework for understanding various forms of modern economic rent. Drawing on a rich heritage of economic thought and contemporary empirical data, the authors propose a classification of rent income, dividing it into those that contribute to economic development and those that hinder it.