Money, Data, and Power in an Algorithmic Society

By: Quoc, Nguyen Anh

The book analyzes the transformation of money from a medium of exchange into a power structure capable of organizing labor, owning, distributing resources, and shaping social life. On that basis, the work explores the emergence of data as a new form of value and artificial intelligence as a new mechanism of power in the digital economy. Through an analysis of the relationship among money, data, algorithms, and people, the book shows that economic power is shifting from material ownership to data ownership and information-processing capacity. The process opens up unprecedented possibilities for productivity, knowledge expansion, and labor liberation, and raises the risk of data power concentration, privacy erosion, and increased dependence on cognition. The work approaches issues of freedom, fairness, responsibility, and human dignity in an algorithmic society, thereby proposing a human-centered development model. In that model, money, data, and artificial intelligence are guided by principles that serve human development rather than becoming power structures beyond human control.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6630291441
• ISBN13: 9786630291445
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"