Working Alone Together
For many, a permanent state of social economic uncertainty is the new normal.
April 7, 2016
How Do Community Land Trusts Relate to the Commons?: Part 1
CLTs are a strategy that removes land from the housing market without disconnecting residents from their interest in owning, maintaining, and improving buildings.
July 8, 2015
Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 3
Community Land Trusts, JAK, CoopHab and the WiR Co-operative Bank demonstrate today that there are viable ways to deliver access to land and money as a democratic commons that eliminates usury.
January 28, 2015
Co-operative Commonwealth: Decommodifying Land and Money, Part 2
Usury is little discussed today but it is crucial in policy terms.
January 26, 2015
Co-operative Commonwealth: Decommodifying Land and Money, Part 1
Access to land and the cost of that access are essential to the provision of affordable housing. Likewise, access to money, and the cost of that access, are issues fundamental to economic health.
January 22, 2015