Elsewhere I have brought up author Cory Doctorow (e.g. his Under 2 Minutes on Copyright and Libraries).
He currently is co-author of a book with Rebecca Giblin others have mentioned an interest in with a connection to open education – Chokepoint Capitalism
We’ve had some internal idea tossing here at OEG about maybe organizing a reading club/book discussion, is anyone interested?
Almost by chance, I came across (yes it was a post in Mastodon!) the authors are doing a zoom Library Futures webinar discussion on their book this week (here in your local time) 2022-11-17T18:00:00Z
In Chokepoint Capitalism, called a “must-read” by Publisher’s Weekly, scholar Rebecca Giblin and writer and activist Cory Doctorow argue we’re in a new era of “chokepoint capitalism,” with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others. By analyzing book publishing and news, live music and music streaming, screenwriting, radio and more, Giblin and Doctorow deftly show how powerful corporations construct “anti-competitive flywheels” designed to lock in users and suppliers, make their markets hostile to new entrants, and then force workers and suppliers to accept unfairly low prices.