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Throwing rocks at the Google bus: how growth became the enemy of prosperity

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The promise and perils of the digital economy - and how we can use it to create prosperity for allThe digital economy was supposed to create a new age of prosperity for everyone.

But as Facebook resells our data for billions and self-driving cars threaten to put drivers out of work, it has so far only exacerbated the gap between winners and losers.

Yet the possibility of an economic Renaissance still lingers - if we seize the opportunity now.

In The Growth Trap, Douglas Rushkoff identifies this crucial economic turning point and calls on everyone to remake the economic operating system from the inside out - to redistribute wealth and prosper along the way.

With practical steps matched by incisive analysis, The Growth Trap offers a pragmatic, optimistic, and human-centered model for economic progress in the digital age.

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Product Details
Portfolio Penguin
0241970202 / 9780241970201
eBook (EPUB)
303.483
01/03/2016
English
288 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Description based on print version record.