{"product_id":"book-1mdu","title":"The Scarcity Premium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA GRIPPING TECHNO-THRILLER FOR THE AGE OF OBSOLESCENCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the global economy enters a catastrophic free-fall, \u003cem\u003eThe Scarcity Premium\u003c\/em\u003e follows four families caught in the hollowing out of the American dream:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Architect:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marcus Brennan retreats to a hardened compound in Montana, realizing that a bunker is only as safe as the community surrounding it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Displaced:\u003c\/strong\u003e David Garcia, a senior manager with a perfect credit score, watches his career evaporate before being funneled into a gig economy that is itself being automated out of existence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Builder:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ray Washington, a union electrician, sees the physical world go dark as digital office buildings are abandoned. Meanwhile, his son Jamal-holding a suddenly worthless computer science degree-finds himself on the frontlines of The Loom, fighting the machines before helping to build a new underground protocol.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Outsiders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nnamdi and Priya, an immigrant developer and a data analyst, face the ultimate \"Liquidity Snap\" as their right to work and exist is revoked by the very algorithms they helped train.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe math doesn't negotiate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the private credit markets seize and the wealth of the global elite turns into a liability, the thin veneer of civilization begins to crack. From the boardrooms of Park Avenue to the decentralized \"Mesh\" networks of the Oakland underground, \u003cem\u003eThe Scarcity Premium\u003c\/em\u003e is a clinical, high-tension exploration of what happens when the machines can do everything-and the people are left with nothing but their hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dollar is dead. The old world is insolvent. \u003cstrong\u003eThe only thing left to trade is competence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":66723356115248,"sku":"BD1mdu","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1mdu-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777931995","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1mdu","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}