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May 17, 2015 that is the view set out in the misfit economy by alexa clay and kyra maya phillips. The misfit economy was named a top business book for 2015 by the telegraph, included in a list of books all leaders should read at the world economic forum, featured in time magazine, and called lively and insightful by the economist. The book s principal contention is that the free market economy does not possess a monopoly on. The book is engaging, the stories are short and digestible. Alexa clay born march 21, 1984 in cambridge, massachusetts is a writer, public speaker and researcher with a focus on subculture, informal economy, and new economic thinking.
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