“What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish?” – T.S. Eliot – The Waste Land. “To a man with an empty stomach…
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SHARING ECONOMIES by Lawrence Lessig
SHARING ECONOMIES How exchanging prices for gifts is changing the economy Sitting next to me on a cross- country flight was a representative of America’s youth. He was about seventeen, dressed in a complicated mix of black and silver (the metal, not the colour). He had a computer far cooler than mine. And when the [...]
How easy access to information can equalize the economy
WHEN MORE IS BETTER How easy access to information can equalize the economy Since the 1970s, pundits have predicted a transition to an "information economy." The vision of an economy based on information seized the imaginations of the world's governments. For decades now, they have been creating policies to "protect" information—stronger copyright laws, international treaties [...]
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