The Wealth of Networks - How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom 9780300110562, 0300110561

With the radical changes in information production that the Internet has introduced, we stand at an important moment of

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The Wealth of Networks - How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
 9780300110562, 0300110561

Table of contents :
Content: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
1. Introduction: A Moment of Opportunity and Challenge --
Part One. The Networked Information Economy --
2. Some Basic Economics of Information Production and Innovation --
3. Peer Production and Sharing --
4. The Economics of Social Production --
Part Two. The Political Economy of Property and Commons --
5. Individual Freedom: Autonomy, Information, and Law --
6. Political Freedom Part 1: The Trouble with Mass Media --
7. Political Freedom Part 2: Emergence of the Networked Public Sphere --
8. Cultural Freedom: A Culture Both Plastic and Critical --
9. Justice and Development --
10. Social Ties: Networking Together --
Part Three. Policies of Freedom at a Moment of Transformation --
11. The Battle Over the Institutional Ecology of the Digital Environment --
12. Conclusion: The Stakes of Information Law and Policy --
Notes --
Index

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