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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 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Capital in the Twenty-First Century▲75

   Detailed account of economic factors and flows of capital.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

   Information technology will transform capitalism

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Business of Sharing▲59

   Making it in the new sharing economy

   2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Who Owns the Future?▲66

   The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Platform Revolution ▲79

   How networked markets are transforming the economy

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Zero-Sum Society▲61

   Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Competing Against Time▲57

   How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Saving Capitalism▲57

    For the many, not the few

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

    What's the future?

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Age of Optimists▲60

    Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy▲54

    Janeway's framework on price insensitivity and innovation

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Rational Optimist▲77

    How prosperity evolves

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Industries of the Future▲60

    Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy ▲63

    Core read on the nature of information goods

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Business @ the Speed of Thought▲66

    Succeeding in the digital economy by Bill Gates

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    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 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    FREE: The Future of a radical Price▲77

    How businesses can profit more by giving things away.

    2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Influencer Economy▲95

    Launch your product, collaborate, thrive in the new economy

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The New How▲58

    Creating business solutions through collaborative strategy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Matchmakers▲61

    The new economics of multisided platforms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital▲70

    The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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