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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
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Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0300125771
ISBN-13: 9780300125771
Number of pages: 527

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In this thick academic book, Yale law professor Benkler offers a comprehensive catalog of flashpoints in the conflict between old and new information creators. An ambitious attempt to understand how the internet is changing society.

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