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Justin O'Connor, Professor of Cultural Economy, University of South Australia

Cultural industries have been captured by billionaires – a new book considers what we can do about it

Laia Alsina from The Crab Apples, September 2017. Gabri Guerrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND

This book speaks to a disenchanted present.

The heady days of internet 2.0, with its anarchic disruption, empowered prosumers, flat hierarchies and sharing economies, are well behind us now. So too is the glamour of start-ups and creative entrepreneurs, remaking the self through pure willpower while transforming capitalism from the inside out, one almond latte at a time.

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