{"product_id":"the-age-of-extraction-tim-wu-9780593321249","title":"The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn an economic future centered on artificially-intelligent platforms, how can we balance their rising power to achieve lasting prosperity?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe live in an era where the economy is dominated by a handful of great tech platforms. They may provide convenience and entertainment, but they are also some of the most effective instruments of wealth extraction ever created--taking more money, data, and attention from all of us. The development of an artificially-intelligent platform economy offers both the potential to enrich us all and the grave risk of our own marginalization and a more feudal, two-class economy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTim Wu--the preeminent scholar and former White House official who coined the phrase \"net neutrality\"--explores the rise of platform power today and details the future opportunities and risks if it goes unchecked. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Extraction \u003c\/i\u003etells the sweeping story of an Internet that promised widespread wealth and democracy in the 1990s and 2000s, and how it instead ended up creating new economic classes and aiding the spread of autocracy. Concise and hopeful, this book offers concrete proposals for how to achieve a better economic balance and prosperity for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593321243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593321249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.63d","brand":"Tim Wu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721594786047,"sku":"9780593321249","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_daa5b7f6-79b6-4f24-8de9-377a7dbb21e5.jpg?v=1742753333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-age-of-extraction-tim-wu-9780593321249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}