The Zero Marginal Cost Society : the internet of things, the collaborative commons, and the eclipse of capitialism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rifkin, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Cost.

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

435 pages ; 23 x 15 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

The capitalist era is passing. Rising in its wake is a new global collaborative Commons that will transform our way of life. Jeremy Rifkin explains that intense competition is forcing the introduction of ever newer technologies, in turn boosting productivity to the point where the marginal cost of producing additional units is nearly zero.

Contents:

The great paradigm shift from market capitalism to the collaborative commons

Part one: The untold history of capitalism. The European enclosures and the birth of the market economy

The courtship of capitalism and vertical integration

Human nature through a capitalist lens

Part two: The near zero marginal cost society. Extreme productivity, the internet of thing, and free energy

3D printing: from mass production to production by the masses

MOOCs and a zero marginal cost education

The last worker standing

The ascent of the prosumer and the build-out of the smart economy

Part three: The rise of the collaborative commons. The comedy of the commons

The collaboratists prepare for battle

The struggle to define and control the intelligent infrastructure

Part four: Social capital and the sharing economy. The transformation from ownership to access

Crowdfunding social capital, democratizing currency, humanizing entrepreneurship, and rethinking work

Part five: The economy of abundance. The sustainable cornucopia

A biosphere lifestyle

Afterword: A personal note.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-424).

ISBN:

1137280115

9781137280114

1137278463

9781137278463

1137437766

9781137437761

OCLC:

913199876