Makers - cory doctorow

From Cory Doctorow, the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother , the repackaged trade paperback of Makers, a novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America--now with a new cover Perry and Lester invent things--seashell robots that make toast, 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 Lesters.

Together, they transform the country, and Andrea Fleeks, a journo-turned-blogger, is there to document it.

Then it slides into collapse.

The New Work bust puts the dot.

combomb to shame.

Perry and Lester build a network of interactive rides in abandoned Wal-Marts across the land.

As their rides, which commemorate the New Works glory days, gain in popularity, a rogue Disney executive grows jealous, and convinces the police that Perry and Lesters 3D printers are being used to run off AK-47s.

Hordes of goths descend on the shantytown built by the New Workers, joining the cult.

Lawsuits multiply as venture capitalists take on a new investment strategy: backing litigation against companies like Disney.

Lester and Perrys friendship falls to pieces when Lester gets the fatkins treatment, turning him into a sybaritic gigolo.

Then things get really interesting.