Why everything has changed: the recent revolution in cultural economics

The internet, the iPod, the cell phone, Kindle, blogs, computer games, and virtual realities mean that cultural economics has changed an enormous amount in just the last five years. I explain and analyze some of the implications of these changes. Plenary address at the 2008 ACEI meetings, Boston, Massachusetts. I wish to thank meeting participants for useful comments and questions and thank Jennifer Rogers for her help in transcribing the talk.