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The zero marginal cost society : the internet of things, the collaborative commons, and the eclipse of capitalism / Jeremy Rifkin

Author
Rifkin, Jeremy
Published
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
356 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Great Paradigm Shift from Market Capitalism to the Collaborative Commons -- pt. I THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF CAPITALISM -- 2.The European Enclosures and the Birth of the Market Economy -- 3.The Courtship of Capitalism and Vertical Integration -- 4.Human Nature through a Capitalist Lens -- pt. II THE NEAR ZERO MARGINAL COST SOCIETY -- 5.Extreme Productivity, the Internet of Things, and Free Energy -- 6.3D Printing: From Mass Production to Production by the Masses -- 7.MOOCs and a Zero Marginal Cost Education -- 8.The Last Worker Standing -- 9.The Ascent of the Prosumer and the Build-out of the Smart Economy -- pt. III THE RISE OF THE COLLABORATIVE COMMONS -- 10.The Comedy of the Commons -- 11.The Collaboratists Prepare for Battle -- 12.The Struggle to Define and Control the Intelligent Infrastructure -- pt. IV SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE SHARING ECONOMY -- 13.The Transformation from Ownership to Access -- 14.Crowdfunding Social Capital, Democratizing Currency, Humanizing Entrepreneurship, and Rethinking Work -- pt. V THE ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE -- 15.The Sustainable Cornucopia -- 16.A Biosphere Lifestyle.
Summary
Describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism.
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ISBN
9781137278463 (hbk.)
1137278463 (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Verna M. Lombard Library Endowment; 2013.
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