AuthorofnationalbestsellerLifeAfterGoogleandgeneration-definingWealthandPoverty,venturecapitalist,futurist,andpioneeringthinkerextraordinaireGeorgeGilderpinpointshowtheclashofcreativitywithpowerattheheartofeconomicsystemsleadstoglobalcognitivedissonanceandarguesthatthecreationofthenoveltapscapitalism’sinfinitepromiseandishumanity’sonlypathofescapefromstagnationandtyranny.Gilderoncemorerocksthearchetypesofmoderninformationtheoryandeconomicswithaparadigm-shiftingsalvoofsheerbrilliance.Thecapitalisteraisover--getreadyforlifeaftercapitalism.Formorethantwohundredyears,capitalismspreadwealtharoundtheglobe,bringingunprecedentedprosperityandprogress,liberatinghumanpotential.Butsomethinghasgoneterriblywrongintheworldeconomy.Creativityandfaithinthefuture--capitalism’scrucialingredients--seemtohaverunout.Theelitesthinktheycanmaintainanation’swealthbyprintingmoneyandinvestingitinfavoredindustries.Theirtrustinbureaucraticexperts,theircautionaryparanoia,andtheirdelusionalbeliefthattheycan“control“everythingfromthespreadofavirustotheweather,aresuckingthelifeoutoftheeconomy.Ordinarypeople,theirfreedomsrestricted,theirprospectsdim,arelosingtheirfaithintheirinstitutions.Suchmisguidedcorporatismandpride,confusionanddespair,aretheresultofadeepmisunderstandingofcapitalismitself.ThebestsellingfuturistandventurecapitalistGeorgeGilderexplainswhyeconomicsisnotanincentivesystemtobemanipulatedbutaninformationsystemtobefreed.Materialresourcesareessentiallyasplentifulastheatomsoftheuniverse.Whatdriveseconomicgrowthinafreemarketisourlimitlesshumaningenuityandcreativity.Prophetic,inspiring,andparadigm-shifting,LifeafterCapitalismisaonce-in-a-generationclassic.
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