Who Owns the Future

Jaron admits it himself: he is not an economist, but rather an excellent connoisseur of the digital economy, having been in turn an expert in video games, an employee of the most emblematic companies of the Valley and now, for more than a decade, a consultant and writer appreciated by companies like Microsoft. This apparent lack of knowledge of the economy does not prevent him from making particularly relevant points about the digital economy. And on this subject, Jaron doesn't mince his words. According to him (an analysis that I largely share), the concentration of wealth that we have been observing for a few years is the consequence of the digital economy. But above all, in the short term, it signals the end of the middle class. This may be a non-issue, but it is at least worth studying. A very large part of the book is about analyses concerning the evolution of this economy and the way to recreate a virtuous system, which would serve the whole society and not a small class of super-smart/lucky entrepreneurs and capitalists. Sometimes one gets a little lost in the abundance of ideas, but Jaron finally manages to bring his radical solution to the table: rewarding each actor according to the contribution he makes to the global network. At first, the idea seems completely unrealistic, but in the end, it is no less so than the proportional tax must have been about 100 years ago in the United States...

The book is not - yet - translated into French but is written in a phrasing that makes it very easy to read. Moreover, the examples and references he uses to allow a good immersion in the digital economy and the American economy in general. A book to read.