Money for Everybody
The Netherlands will kick off the year 2017 by launching an experiment with an unconditional basic income starting in January – the culmination, for now, of a charismatic social scientists’ decades of activism.
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Portugal Announces World’s First Nationwide Participatory Budgeting Project
Participatory budgeting is becoming increasingly popular, with more than 1,500 programs worldwide.
Barcelona’s Brave Struggle to Advance the Commons
On a visit to Barcelona last week, I learned a great deal about the City’s pioneering role in developing “the city as a commons.”
Is America Ready for a Municipalist Movement?
The mass protests across the United States in response to Donald Trump’s presidential election victory constitute a palpable and growing potential for the formation and constructive utilization of various anti-fascist fronts and coalitions.
Reflections on “A Letter from Mondragon”
In a "letter from Mondragon", recently published by on the Cincinnati Union Co-op Initiative (CUCI) website, Armin Isasti, makes some incisive and thought-provoking observations that I think we in the worker co-op movement would do well to consider.
Lessons on Creating an Equitable and Sustainable Economy
The economy can often feel like it’s out of our control — a system that abides by its own forces that we have no power to influence.
Unifying Commons-based Projects in a Self-organized Solidarity Economy
There are also numerous commons-based projects focusing on the self-organised production and distribution of goods.
Beyond Economism: The Prospect of the Commons
Nowadays, the social imagination is effectively being modelled in the framework of economism.
Habibi.Works: An Intercultural Makerspace
Initiated by the German NGO Soup&Socks, Habibi.Works is a FabLab equipped with all the tools for people to unfold their potential and hone their abilities. It is a place to illustrate talent, gain new skills and build.
Coworking, Cooperating, and Coming Together: The “New Better Off” Life Looks Pretty Darn Good
The American Dream of our parents’ generation left us broke, unhappy, and bereft of planetary resources. What’s so inspiring is that the new “better off” is cheaper, lighter on the planet, and a whole lot more fun.
Make Finance the Servant, not the Master
We should be mindful, as ecological economist Herman Daly once remarked, that policy-making in taxation, greenhouse gas emissions, pensions, criminal justice, welfare, etc, requires boundaries.
A Moment That Illuminates Our Structural Challenges
If nothing else, the election of Donald Trump illuminates many of the deep structural problems that we need to face squarely.
