How the Web Ate the Economy, and Why This Is Good for Everyone
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Argues the global financial crisis is a consequence of decades of value extraction by chartered corporations and debt‑based money and that the web reverses those incentives by making firms transparent and enabling peripheral value creation. Traces dotcom capital flight into real estate, cites PayPal’s regulatory pushback, describes Japanese elder‑care time dollars and a neighborhood restaurant raising capital by selling $100 for $120, and proposes web breaks myths and local currencies earned into existence as practical alternatives.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 0:30The Current Global Financial Crisis Is the Web's Fault
- 6:16How Did Business Become So Generic
- 13:26Local Currencies
- 14:51How Banks Work
