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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The relentless pursuit of growth has pushed elites to exploit the working class since medieval times.
Chapter 3: The online marketplace strips human choice, instead letting bots decide our tastes and preferences.
Chapter 4: Crowd-sharing platforms are about selling, not sharing, and they’re harming real businesses.
Chapter 5: Money, once a tool to speed trade, became a way for elites to amass even more wealth.
Chapter 6: We don’t need to work more than 40 hours a week! Flexible schedules make workers happier.
Chapter 7: Returning to local currencies within communities would make money a means again, not merely a simple goal.
Description
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus (2013) explores society’s unhealthy relationship with money, as it transformed from a means to facilitate trade to a goal in itself. The rise of digital markets has done little to improve the situation. These blinks explore the history of money and offer practical solutions to help local communities make money work again for everyone.
Who Should Listen
- Workers concerned about losing a job to a machine
- Students exploring sociology, history, economics or politics
- Entrepreneurs