Living and Working in 30 Different Economies: A Curated Resource List

It’s become fashionable in recent years to decree that we are living in different ‘economies,’: The Gig Economy, The Sharing Economy and many others. In that spirit, what follows is my curated list of 30 different economies, with one selected resource for each. There is overlap on some of these concepts, and if there are ones that I’ve missed, please let me know. Not all of us participate in each economy, but we are all probably affected by each one at different parts of our lives.

The Access Economy

The rise of the access economy,” by Alex Danco

The Attention Economy

The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business, by Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck

The Captured Economy

The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality, by Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles

The Code Economy

The Code Economy: A Forty-Thousand Year History, By Philip E. Auerswald

The Collaborative Economy

The Rise of the Collaborative Economy” – An Interview with Jeremiah Owyang

The Copycat Economy

Break From the Pack: How to Compete in a Copycat Economy, by Oren Harari

The Creative Economy

The Creative Economy: How People Make Money From Ideas, by John Howkins

The Data Economy

The Data Economy: Introduction,” by Molly Wood, Marketplace

The Digital Economy

MIT Initiative on The Digital Economy

The Eviction Economy

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond

The Experience Economy

The Experience Economy, Updated Edition, by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore

The Flat White Economy

The Flat White Economy: How The Digital Economy is Transforming London and Other Cities of the Future, by Douglas McWilliams

The Gift Economy

The Gift Economy: A Model for Collaborative Community,” by Adam Segulah Sher, Tikkun

The Gig Economy

The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want, by Diane Mulcahy

The Grandparent Economy

The Power of the Grandparent Economy: A leading economic researcher reports on your strength in numbers and resources

The Green Collar Economy

The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, by Van Jones

The Harry Potter Economy

The Harry Potter economy: J.K. Rowling’s fictional wizard not only created an industry; he has also transformed Hollywood, The Economist

The Information Economy

The rise of the information economy threatens traditional companies: A ‘data tax’ on Google, Facebook and Amazon would stimulate real competition,” by John Thornhill, Financial Times

The Insight Economy

The Insight Economy: Insight, Incorporated,” by Brandon Buckner, IBM

The Knowledge Economy

What is the ‘Knowledge Economy’?,” Investopedia

The Misfit Economy

The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs, by Alexa Clay and Kira Maya Phillips

The Nerd Economy

Be nice to nerds: Forget the cool kids. Geeks are now shaping new products and services,”The Economist

The 1% Economy

Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town, by Brian Alexander

The On-demand Economy

Powering the future of the on-demand Economy

The Peer-to-Peer Economy

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Economy,” by Adam Hayes, CFA, Investopedia

The Platform Economy

What the Emergence of The Platform Economy Means for Businesses,” by Nina Gass

The Purpose Economy

Welcome to The Purpose Economy,” by Aaron Hurst, Fast Company

The Sharing Economy

What exactly is the sharing economy?” by April Rinne, World Economic Forum

The Thank You Economy

The Thank You Economy, by Gary Vaynerchuk

The Winner-Take-All Economy

Column: The rise of the winner-take-all economy,” by Chrystia Freeland

Bruce Rosenstein

Author, Editor, Speaker, BLOGGER

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