His defense of the Internet's power to enrich people's lives is often stirring."- Publishers Weekly in bringing together disparate strands of the new information economy, from the democratization of the newsmedia via blogs to the online effort publicizing weaknesses in Diebold voting machines. is about the ‘transformation of the information and cultural production sector.’ Few are unaware that this sector is undergoing transformation, and Benkler’s identification of major forces at work is important and enlightening."-Paul Duguid, Times Literary Supplement The Wealth of Networks is a reveille for netizens. "New networks offer a glimpse of the new polity and the ancient regime is struggling to prevent its birth. This is an important book."-Paul Miller, Financial Times Magazine Keeping it as light as he does is a remarkable feat for a heavyweight piece of work.
He never falls for easy, superficial conclusions.
But Benkler’s breadth is not at the expense of depth. " ambitious attempt to understand how the internet is changing society. The book draws on a staggering array of disciplines: from graph theory to economics, law to political science. He describes the range of legal and policy choices that confront us and maintains that there is much to be gained-or lost-by the decisions we make today. In this comprehensive social theory of the Internet and the networked information economy, Benkler describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing-and shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people can create and express themselves. But these results are by no means inevitable: a systematic campaign to protect the entrenched industrial information economy of the last century threatens the promise of today’s emerging networked information environment. The phenomenon he describes as social production is reshaping markets, while at the same time offering new opportunities to enhance individual freedom, cultural diversity, political discourse, and justice. With the radical changes in information production that the Internet has introduced, we stand at an important moment of transition, says Yochai Benkler in this thought-provoking book.
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