The Wealth of Networks

Yochai Benkler of Yale Law has what looks to be a fascinating new book out, called The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. The book, which is described as a look at "how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing" and which "shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people can create and express themselves," is out now but is also fully and freely available for download via its own Wiki. If it catches on, it looks like the Wiki itself could be a valuable resource for researchers interested in the networks form and act online.