Digital Economy 2027: Growth, Fair Rules and Algorithm-Managed Work

Digital platforms and online marketplaces have become an everyday part of the economy, but their growth is raising an increasing number of questions about competition, working conditions, taxation, accountability and consumer protection.

Legitimate efforts by the state to establish fair rules can struggle to keep pace with the speed at which digital services evolve. Rules that are too broad or difficult to enforce may create new costs without solving the problems they were designed to address. At the same time, oversight cannot be abandoned where digital business models are reshaping the conditions of entire markets.

How can the rules be made clear and enforceable? Where does market protection end and an unnecessary barrier begin? And how should the state respond to new business models without regulating them according to the logic of the previous decade?

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