Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor — Data as Control

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Author: Virginia Eubanks

This Mini Explainer introduces Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks, focusing on how automated eligibility systems, predictive scoring, and public-service databases shape perception, institutional behavior, and power.

It provides a concise structural overview of the system logic explored in the full Deep Dive, clarifying incentive dynamics and predictable outcomes without offering prescriptions.

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