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Post-scarcity and the music industry: sorting signal from noise

Conflicting data on the return of the music industry doesn't answer the core problem: What happens to society in a post-scarcity world?

Fri, 08 Sep 2017
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It’s hard to tell if the music industry is failing or booming.

Goldman Sachs’ latest “Music In The Air” study predicts the global recording industry will jump 500% to reach $US41 billion by 2030. Online streaming will account for $US34 billion of that pie, of which $US28 billion will come from

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