The wealth of networks : how social production transforms markets and freedom /

The wealth of networks : how social production transforms markets and freedom /

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Author / Creator:Benkler, Yochai.
Imprint:New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 515 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Information society.
Information networks.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Computer networks -- Economic aspects.
Computer networks -- Economic aspects.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Information networks.
Information society.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11151683
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ISBN:9780300127232
0300127235
1281740802
9781281740809
0300110561
9780300110562
0300110561
9780300110562
0300125771
9780300125771
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-490) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Production is shifting from physical products like blue jeans, to decentralized information goods, like articles on the Internet. This gives users more power (they can publish instead of just reading), creates more opportunities for democratic participation, lowers costs for developing countries, and democratizes the creation of our culture. This book analyzes these changes by looking at what new technologies make easy, applying an individualist economic model, and examining the effects on human beings. As the state's role has largely been to support big companies, this book will largely ignore it, even though it could be used as a force for good.
Other form:Print version: Benkler, Yochai. Wealth of networks. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006 0300110561 9780300110562
Standard no.:9780300110562
9780300125771
40012833174

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