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Jean Lievens: R. C. Smith Alternative Philosophy of Social Change – On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century

On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century R. D. Smith Introduction Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege of engaging with a number of people both in formal discussions and on Heathwood’s comment boards regarding a range of issues. These issues …

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Rickard Falkvinge: Copyright — Not Copying — Is Theft from the Commons

Talking Back Lessons: Retorts To “Copying Is Stealing” Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:40 AM PDT Activism: In a series of articles here at Falkvinge on Infopolicy, I’ll be giving examples of talking back to the most disturbingly false bullshit repeated by pro-copyright-monopoly pundits. The reason for this is that I see tons of this kind of …

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Jean Lievens: Vision for a Data Commons

Our Vision People everywhere have been organizing a more ethical economy, but they work in relative isolation, fragmented by geography, sector, and even organizational form. Many organizations collect information about a small piece of these efforts. In every situation, there is another organization for which that information overlaps. In every case there is an opportunity …

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Michel Bauwens: Towards a Grand Coalition for the Commons

Towards a grand coalition for the commons I believe there is a historic opporunity to reconstruct a progressive majority around enabling the commons, which would be based on the following political and sociological complementarity between political forces and parties. Though the fortunes of the new player in politics are down from the moment I wrote …

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Jean Lievens: Money, Markets, Value and the Commons – detailed stream description (DRAFT)

From the P2P Foundation. Money, Markets, Value and the Commons – detailed stream description (DRAFT) Working page for the money, markets and value stream of the Economics and the Commons Conference. Please read, view, and feel free to edit, comment, add to the list of stream recommended readings and viewings (at the end of this …

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Review (Guest): The Wealth of the Commons: A World Beyond Market and State

David Bollier and Silke Helfrich (editors) We are poised between an old world that no longer works and a new one struggling to be born. Surrounded by centralized hierarchies on the one hand and predatory markets on the other, people around the world are searching for alternatives. The Wealth of the Commons explains how millions …

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