The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit

With the rise of the Internet, many pundits predicted that middlemen would disappear. But that hasn't happened. Far from killing the middleman, the Internet has generated a thriving new breed. In The Middleman Economy, Silicon Valley-based reporter Marina Krakovsky elucidates the six essential roles that middlemen play.

Author: Marina Krakovsky
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 229
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781137530196

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2016

About the Author
Marina Krakovsky writes about ideas in the social sciences, particularly new research in psychology, sociology, and economics. Her work has appeared in Discover, the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American and Scientific American Mind, O, The Oprah Magazine, Psychology Today, Slate, Stanford Magazine, the Washington Post, Wired, and other publications. She is also co-author, with economist Kay-Yut Chen, of Secrets of the Moneylab: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business (Portfolio/Penguin, 2010). Marina graduated from Stanford University with a degree in English and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.