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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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2012/09/092012/09/09

Michel Bauwens: P2P Mode of Production – An Indiano Manifesto

Published under the Public Domain, freely downloadable in HTML, epub or PDF, “The P2P Mode of Production: An Indiano Manifesto” is the first collective Indiano work translated into English. This document is a call to action, based on Las Indias’ analysis that the reduction of the optimal scale of production is the root of the …

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2012/09/022012/09/04

Michel Bauwens: Fractional Scholarship

White Paper on Fractional Scholarship So, I’ve been working with the incomparable Sam Arbesman to write up some thoughts on the concept of “fractional scholarship.” Basically, the idea is that there are a lot of people out there who have the expertise and the interest to contribute to scholarly research, but for whom, for whatever …

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2012/08/242012/08/24

Michel Bauwens: Thomas Bjelkeman’s response to the arguments against open source innovation

A response to the arguments against open source innovation Excerpted from Thomas Bjelkeman: (the arguments he’s responding to are in blockquotes) ‘Open-source doesn’t offer constant innovation, lowered costs and collaboration? “The biggest open-source projects of them all is the internet itself. (The internet is without doubt also the most complex interconnected “machine” humans have ever …

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2012/08/182012/08/18

Michel Bauwens: Emerging Leader Labs

In my opinion, a truly ground-breaking initiative, and a game changer. Thanks Venessa Miemis, the Quakers, and the whole team, for bringing this about!! Ask more details via @EmLeaders (twitter). Excerpt: “”The premise is pretty straightforward: There are plenty of passionate, driven people who want to make cool ideas and projects happen. Access to resources …

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2012/08/152012/08/15

Michel Bauwens: Michael Hudson on Fictitious Capitalism

Michael Hudson on Fictitious Capital « naked capitalism Michael Hudson spoke with Max Keiser about what he calls “fictitious capital” which is essentially lending backed by inadequate capital, such as collateral that has fallen in value. This is an idea he has explored in his previous papers, such as “From Marx to Goldman Sachs” and …

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2012/08/12

Michel Bauwens: Elinor Ostrom discusses commons, climate change and green politics with Derek Wall 2012

Interview with the late Professor Elinor Ostrom, to date the only woman to win the Nobel for economics, on environmental issues, commons and her time at Beverley Hills High. The interview took place in the Excel centre, London. March 2012. Sadly Professor Ostrom died in June 2012, she was a visionary who put her ideas …

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