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24 alternatives to The FATcast - Why the Digital Economy Sucks

Mike Elgan interviews author Douglas Rushkoff

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The FATcast - Why the Digital Economy Sucks launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Planet Money▲153
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2
Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker▲61
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2016 · softcontrol.us · its alternatives →
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5
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
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2015 · collaborativeeconomy.com · its alternatives →
7
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2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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Platform Revolution ▲79
How networked markets are transforming the economy
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Freakonomics: Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream▲60
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2016 · its alternatives →
10
Who Owns the Future?▲66
The concentration of money and power in our digital networks
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Disrupting Digital Business▲111
Create an authentic experience in the peer-to-peer economy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
When To Rob a Bank▲165
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
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A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · makemoneyonline.exposed · its alternatives →
15
Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex▲67
How technology is shaping the future of human labor
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Business @ the Speed of Thought▲66
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Creator Economy▲126
Podcast that covers the techier side of creators.
2021 · creatoreconomypodcast.com · its alternatives →
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Make Money Online [Ep #24] - "Passive Income: Fallacies and Truths"▲56
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2016 · makemoneyonline.exposed · its alternatives →
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2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Influencer Economy▲84
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2014 · its alternatives →
21
Race Against The Machine▲66
How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Does Not Compute Podcast▲26
The lives and workflows of modern web developers.
2015 · spec.fm · its alternatives →
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Misfit Economy▲68
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