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Jean Lievens: Open Content Business Models and Michel Bauwens on DeGrowth

Open Content and Public Broadcasting: Future Business Models – YouTube Over 100 participants and industry leaders explore issues related to producing and distributing open access content across multiple public broadcasting platforms.The WGBH Educational Foundation, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, hosts a conference on Open Content …

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Michel Bauwens: FLOK Economics Failure in Ecuador – Lessons

An assessment of the FLOK process and why the P2P Foundation will not use the FLOK brand in the future (note: this version was originally written at the request of Jay Wallsjasper of On the Commons, slightly expanded and updated on July 13; it’s a little more elaborate than the first informal assessment shared here …

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Michel Bauwens: Transitioning to a Commons-Based Society

Transitioning to a Commons-Based Society Background on the FLOK Project Michel Bauwens: The National Plan of Ecuador recognizes and stresses that the global transformation towards knowledge-based societies and economies requires a new form for the creation and distribution of value in society. The National Plan’s central concept is the achievement of ‘Buen Vivir’ (Sumak Kawsay) …

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Jean Lievens: YouTube – 14 Minutes with Michel Bauwens, Founder of Peer to Peer (P2P) Foundation

Truth and coherence are emphasized. Michel Bauwens (Belgium) is a leading theorist on Peer to Peer (P2P) Economics. He is the founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He has been an analyst for the United …

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Michel Bauwens: Towards the Democratization of the Means of Monetization – The Three Competing Value Models Present Within Cognitive Capitalism

Towards the Democratization of the Means of Monetization: The Three Competing Value Models Present Within Cognitive Capitalism The Problematic: the value crisis In the 19th century, the counter-hegemonic forces of labour focused on the democratisation of the state as well as focusing on the redistribution of the surplus value created by labour. Both tasks are …

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Michel Bauwens: World Without Money

P2P Foundation / Demonetization Book: Life without Money: Building Fair and Sustainable Economies Mark Boyle, founder of The Freeconomy Community. Mark is currently living without money for almost three years. Book: The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free Mark Boyle at TZM Interviews Below: Mark Boyle at TED