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[AI summary] This academic article analyzes the global commodity chain of the Apple iPad, arguing that its economic success relies on extracting hidden 'dark value' from Chinese labor and ecology, which is then captured as consumer surplus by buyers in the core economy.
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In this new University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC's eScholarship Publishing program through interviews with journal editors. Our latest interview is with two editors of the Electronic Green Journal: Editor-In-Chief, Maria A. Jankowska (UCLA Librarian Emerita) and Managing Editor and Book Review Editor, Kelsey Brown, (UCLA Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian). The journal recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of publication! In a few sentences, describe the origin/focus/purpose of your journal: The history of the journal began in 1991, when a group of environmental enthusiasts [...]
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This is the problem: Academic research findings are currently distributed mainly in expensive journals and publications. These are hard to find with restricted access and either unavailable online or only accessible by subscription via another expensive paywall. Often the source data is omitted. This reduces the number and type of people who can benefit from [...]
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