The Zero Marginal Cost Society
Subtitle: the internet of things, the collaborative commons, and the eclipse of capitalism
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan; St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781137278463
Table of contents: title: The great paradigm shift from market capitalism to the collaborative commons; title: Part one : The untold history of capitalism.; title: The European enclosures and the birth of the market economy; title: The courtship of capitalism and vertical integration; title: Human nature through a capitalist lens; title: Part two : The near zero marginal cost society.; title: Extreme productivity, the internet of thing, and free energy; title: 3D printing: from mass production to production by the masses; title: MOOCs and a zero marginal cost education; title: The last worker standing; title: The ascent of the prosumer and the build-out of the smart economy; title: Part three : The rise of the collaborative commons.; title: The comedy of the commons; title: The collaboratists prepare for battle; title: The struggle to define and control the intelligent infrastructure; title: Part four : Social capital and the sharing economy.; title: The transformation from ownership to access; title: Crowdfunding social capital, democratizing currency, humanizing entrepreneurship, and rethinking work; title: Part five : The economy of abundance.; title: The sustainable cornucopia; title: A biosphere lifestyle; title: Afterword : A personal note