Makers

From the bestselling author of Little Brother, Makers is a repackaged trade paperback featuring a novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America. In this inventive, witty story set in a near future where free manufacturing and microcredit have transformed the country, Perry and Lester invent things like seashell robots that make toast and Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the New Work, a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation microinvesting in high-tech communal mini-startups like Perry and Lester's. Together, they transform the country and Andrea Fleeks, a journo-turned-blogger, is there to document it all. Then it slides into collapse. The New Work bust puts dot.com bubble to shame. Perry and Lester build a network of interactive rides in abandoned Wal-Marts across the land.  Skateboarder Tony Hawk narrates an afterword about his own career highs and lows―and explains what we can learn from them, both as skaters and as citizens.  Now with a new cover!