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24 alternatives to Modern Monopolies

What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Modern Monopolies launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Modern Monopolies▲77

   How to dominate the 21st century economy with tech platforms

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

   Information technology will transform capitalism

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Zero-Sum Society▲61

   Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Misfit Economy▲81

   Innovation on the fringe...

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism▲67

   A 360 degree look on the topic of Future of Work.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Influencer Economy▲95

   Launch your product, collaborate, thrive in the new economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Matchmakers▲61

   The new economics of multisided platforms

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Technopoly▲61

   The surrender of culture to technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Freemium Economics▲89

   A nuts and bolts guide to Freemium

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Digital Strategy▲65

    A Guide to Digital Business Transformation

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The End of Alchemy▲60

    Money, banking, and the future of the global economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Planet Money▲153

    A podcast covering the global economy

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work▲64

    A bold new manifesto for life after capitalism.

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    What would google do?▲64

    A guide to the business logic of the network era.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker▲61

    A new book on surviving the knowledge economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Disrupting Digital Business▲111

    Create an authentic experience in the peer-to-peer economy

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Sharing Economy▲2

    The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Age of Cryptocurrency▲73

    How Bitcoin is challenging the global economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Naked Economics▲103

    A book about economics that won’t put you to sleep

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The New Rules of Retail▲67

    Competing in the world's toughest marketplace

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up To Us▲142

    From the WTF? economy to the Next Economy

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

    How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Thank You Economy▲89

    How companies big and small can scale

    2016 · its alternatives →

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