Veena Dubal coined the term 'algorithmic wage discrimination,' describing how hospitals use apps to hire nurses as contractors, and the apps buy nurses' credit history from data brokers, then use their debt level to charge a 'desperation premium'—offering lower wages to more desperate nurses.

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Cory Doctorow

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She's a legal scholar who coined a very important term, algorithmic wage discrimination

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We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein ShowThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:41 PM

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