Exploring the structures through which money and goods flow to reveal how intermediation design impacts resilience, accountability and sustainability.
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The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source
- Financial Times Longlist for Business Book of the Year 2022
- Axiom Gold Medal Winner, Business Theory
- Next Big Idea Club “The Top 16 Finance Books of 2022” and “Top 22 Business Books of 2022”
- National Book Festival Selection
“From the proliferation of farmers’ markets to the rapid expansion of online platforms such as Etsy and Kickstarter, people are choosing to bypass large middlemen in favor of going to the source.”
KATHRYN JUDGE
Kathryn Judge is the Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Her research on financial markets and regulation has been published in top law journals and won accolades from academic peers and industry. She served as a clerk for Judge Richard Posner and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Wesleyan University. She lives with her husband and their two daughters in New York City.
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