{{Short description|Book by Virginia Eubanks}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox book | image = File:Automating_Inequality.jpg | author = [[Virginia Eubanks]] | publisher = [[St. Martin's Press]] | published = 2018 | isbn = 978-1-250-07431-7 | subject = technology and [[poverty]] | awards = Stephan Russo Book Prize (shortlist) }} '''''Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor''''' is a book by [[Virginia Eubanks]].
== Background == The book focuses on how automation negatively impacts the poor.<ref name="Featherstone 2018" /> In the United States during the 19th century, poor people were often sent to [[Poorhouse#United States|poorhouses]].<ref name="Nam 2018" /> Eubanks draws a connection from the poorhouses of the 19th century to how we control and contain poor people using technology in the 21st century.<ref name="Adler-Bell 2018" /> Eubanks is an associate professor of political science at [[State University of New York]].<ref name="Lenhart 2018" />
The book discusses how housing in Los Angeles has been automated.<ref name="Fussell 2018" /> The book discusses [[Mitch Daniels]]'s attempt to privatize and automate welfare in Indiana.<ref name="Weisberg 2018" /> The attempt led to a 54% increase in the denial of benefits from the previous three years.<ref name="Edes 2018" /> In Pittsburgh, there was an attempt to use predictive risk modeling to identify at-risk children.<ref name="Phillips 2018" /> Many automated processes are intended to maximize profit.<ref name="Kirkus 2017" /> The last chapter goes over ways that these oppressive systems can be dismantled.<ref name="Dziuban 2017" />
== Reception == ''[[LibraryJournal]]'' praised the book for covering academic material in a way that is easy to read.<ref name="Bridgewater 2018" /> The book was shortlisted for the Stephan Russo Book Prize.<ref name="Russo 2018" /> The ''[[Financial Times]]'' compared and contasted the book with ''[[Algorithms of Oppression]]''.<ref name="Fine 2018" />
== References == <references> <ref name="Bridgewater 2018">{{Cite web |last=Bridgewater |first=Rachel |date=February 1, 2018 |title=Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/automating-inequality-how-high-tech-tools-profile-police-and-punish-the-poor |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[Library Journal]] |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131622/https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/automating-inequality-how-high-tech-tools-profile-police-and-punish-the-poor |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Dziuban 2017">{{Cite web |last=Dziuban |first=Emily |date=December 15, 2017 |title=Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Automating-Inequality-How-High-Tech-Tools-Profile-Police-and-Punish-the-Poor-Virginia-Eubanks/pid=9189324 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[Booklist]] |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://www.booklistonline.com/Automating-Inequality-How-High-Tech-Tools-Profile-Police-and-Punish-the-Poor-Virginia-Eubanks/pid=9189324 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Kirkus 2017">{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2017 |title=Equal parts advocacy and analysis—a welcome addition to the growing literature around the politics of welfare. |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/virginia-eubanks/automating-inequality/ |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/virginia-eubanks/automating-inequality/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Weisberg 2018">{{Cite news |last=Weisberg |first=Jacob |date=June 7, 2018 |title=The Digital Poorhouse |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/06/07/algorithms-digital-poorhouse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/06/07/algorithms-digital-poorhouse/ |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=[[The New York Review of Books]] |language=en |issn=0028-7504}}</ref> <ref name="Featherstone 2018">{{Cite news |last=Featherstone |first=Liza |date=May 4, 2018 |title=How Big Data Is 'Automating Inequality' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/books/review/automating-inequality-virginia-eubanks.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/books/review/automating-inequality-virginia-eubanks.html |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <ref name="Edes 2018">{{Cite web |last1=Edes |first1=Alyssa |last2=Bowman |first2=Emma |date=February 19, 2018 |title='Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most Vulnerable |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/02/19/586387119/automating-inequality-algorithms-in-public-services-often-fail-the-most-vulnerab |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/02/19/586387119/automating-inequality-algorithms-in-public-services-often-fail-the-most-vulnerab |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> <ref name="Lenhart 2018">{{Cite news |last=Lenhart |first=Amanda |date=March 29, 2018 |title=How Algorithms Can Punish the Poor |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/03/automating-inequality-author-virginia-eubanks-on-how-algorithms-can-punish-the-poor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/03/automating-inequality-author-virginia-eubanks-on-how-algorithms-can-punish-the-poor.html |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref> <ref name="Fussell 2018">{{Cite web |last=Fussell |first=Sidney |date=January 23, 2018 |title=How Algorithmic Experiments Harm People Living in Poverty |url=https://gizmodo.com/how-algorithmic-experiments-harm-people-living-in-pover-1822311248 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://gizmodo.com/how-algorithmic-experiments-harm-people-living-in-pover-1822311248 |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[Gizmodo]] |language=en}}</ref> <ref name="Nam 2018">{{Cite web |last=Nam |first=Michael |date=January 23, 2018 |title='Automating Inequality' warns of a dystopian future punishing the poor — in the present: book review |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/01/23/automating-inequality-warns-of-a-dystopian-future-punishing-the-poor-in-the-present-book-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/01/23/automating-inequality-warns-of-a-dystopian-future-punishing-the-poor-in-the-present-book-review/ |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[New York Daily News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref name="Adler-Bell 2018">{{Cite web |last=Adler-Bell |first=Sam |date=January 29, 2018 |title=The High-Tech Poorhouse |url=https://jacobin.com/2018/01/virginia-eubanks-interview-automating-inequality-poverty |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131621/https://jacobin.com/2018/01/virginia-eubanks-interview-automating-inequality-poverty |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref name="Phillips 2018">{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Stephen |date=February 16, 2018 |title=Books by Virginia Eubanks, Jeremy Bailenson, Niall Ferguson |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Books-by-Virginia-Eubanks-Jeremy-Bailenson-12541649.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229035956/https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Books-by-Virginia-Eubanks-Jeremy-Bailenson-12541649.php |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[SFGate]]}}</ref> <ref name="Fine 2018">{{Cite web |last=Fine |first=Cordelia |date=March 7, 2018 |title=Coded prejudice: how algorithms fuel injustice |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5e3901a6-208e-11e8-8d6c-a1920d9e946f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180307111018/https://www.ft.com/content/5e3901a6-208e-11e8-8d6c-a1920d9e946f |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> <ref name="Russo 2018">{{Cite web |title=Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Shortlist |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302160305/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2018 |archive-date=March 2, 2024 |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> </references>
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