“Computer-controlled machines have eliminated precisely the jobs created for a host of machine operators during the Second Industrial Revolution. The workers that were once pulled into decent-paying jobs in mass-production industries are now being pushed out.”
― The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
― The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
“The cultural causes of Brexit and Trump are exacerbated by the economic causes—causes that arise from the emergence of an intangible economy.”
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
“one of the puzzles of urbanization is the increased willingness of people to pay very high rents to live next door to other people paying very high rents (Glaeser 2011).”
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
“the sensation of finding a “ten bagger” is the financial equivalent of smoking crack cocaine.”
― Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
― Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
“Scalability becomes supercharged with “network effects.” A network effect exists when assets become more valuable the more of them exist.”
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
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