Apropos academic writing and publishing, as part of commodification and globalisation of higher education (including PhD studies?), and perhaps even related to the on-demand, or so called gig, economy ("writing to order"?), this article may be of interest.
BJ
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/04/essays-for-sale-the-booming-online-industry-in-writing-academic-work-to-order
Essays for sale: the booming online industry in writing academic work to order<https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/04/essays-for-sale-the-booming-online-industry-in-writing-academic-work-to-order>
www.theguardian.com
Selling essays, assignments and even PhDs is big business – and legal, although everyone knows many students will submit the work as their own
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