America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about
markets. The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in how we
get the stuff we want. If you've ever owned a business, rented an apartment, or
shopped online, you've had a front-row seat for this revolution-in-progress.
Breakthrough companies like Amazon and Uber have disrupted the old ways and made
the economy work better--all thanks to technology.
At least that's how the story of the modern economy is usually told. But in this
lucid, wry book, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan show that the revolution is bigger
than tech: it is really a story about the