The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism Jeremy Rifkin Palgrave Macmillan: 2014.

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The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism Jeremy Rifkin Palgrave Macmillan: 2014. / Whiteman, Gail.
In: Nature, Vol. 511, No. 7508, 10.07.2014, p. 152-154.

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