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2012/10/022012/10/02

Michel Bauwens: Technology-Enabled Sharing Economy Going Mainstream?

Can the Sharing Economy Cross to the Mainstream? EXTRACT: The resounding message of the sharing economy is that it fosters relationships and builds communities. So far, it has focused primarily on the self-interested values of saving money and making money from the idle resources in order to appeal to consumers. The sharing economy should incorporate …

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2012/09/302012/09/30

Michel Bauwens: When Growth Outpaces Happiness (Corrupt Mis-Appropriation of the Benefits of Growth)

When Growth Outpaces Happiness CHINA’s new leaders, who will be anointed next month at the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress in Beijing, might want to rethink the Faustian bargain their predecessors embraced some 20 years ago: namely, that social stability could be bought by rapid economic growth. As the recent riots at a Foxconn factory …

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2012/09/25

Michel Bauwens: Difficult Birth – the Financial Transaction Tax

Brilliant and funny video on the Tobin Tax Via Willy De Backer Video “Difficult Labour” for the financial transaction tax of Oxfam Germany with Heike Makatsch, Mark Waschke, Stephan Grossman & Rike Eckermann. YouTube (2:08) More info at: http://www.oxfam.de/schweregeburt Music: The Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way See Also: A Tax Revolution – Replace …

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2012/09/222012/09/22

Michel Bauwens: Rob Van Kranenburg on The Sensing Planet – Challenge is NOT Technology, Challenge is Ensuring Process is Inclusive and Open

The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing By: Rob van Kranenburg Rob van Kranenburg outlines a brief history of the next big thing–the internet of things–and argues that U.S. industry and government should be taking a more active role in its evolution. About a decade ago, I would …

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2012/09/16

Michel Bauwens: As Spain’s Recession Darkens, Alternative Economies Rise

Published on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Common Dreams As Spain’s Recession Darkens, Alternative Economies Rise – Common Dreams staff As Spain’s economic recession has continued to deepen, conditions for people within the country are expected to get worse following austerity measures that increasingly cut into everyday economic survival, Reuters reports Tuesday. However, as many …

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2012/09/11

Michel Bauwens: Alternative Currencies Grow in Popularity

Most of us take for granted that those rectangular green slips of paper we keep in our wallets are inviolable: the physical embodiment of value. But alternative forms of money have a long history and appear to be growing in popularity. It’s not merely barter or primitive means of exchange like seashells or beads. Beneath …

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2012/09/102012/09/10

Michel Bauwens: Sustainable Societies, True Cost Economics, and Appropriate Governance

“The “Principled Societies” concept outlined in the book Creating Sustainable Societies is a blueprint for sustainable financial, economic, and governance systems, intended for local implementation. The book starts by pinpointing the central problems within our financial, economic, and governance systems that have lead to high unemployment, massive debt, environmental degradation, mistrust of Congress and big …

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