The Great Transition Experiment: New Economy Alternatives
Money animates the institutions that shape every facet of our lives: political, economic, legal, occupational, social class, familial, and religious systems.
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Blockchains Could Help Restore Trust in the Food we Choose to Eat
Companies around the world are exploring blockchain, the technology underpinning digital currency bitcoin. In this Blockchain unleashed series, we investigate the many possible use cases for the blockchain, from the novel to the transformative.
Keep it Local! The Complementary Currency Alternative
New alternative and complementary currencies are a growing worldwide trend, and many states in the US have created their own local curriencies.
The Commons as the Response to the Structural Crises of the Global System
The emerging answer for a new mode of value creation is the re-emergence of the Commons.
Beyond the Zombie Economy
Economic metaphors are important to illustrate the distinct features of specific economic systems that exist at particular times.
The Italian Region Where Co-ops Produce a Third of Its GDP
Emilia Romagna, a region with nearly 4.5 million people whose capital is the medieval university city of Bologna, has one of the densest cooperative economies in the world.
The Great Value-Shift of our Time
Unlike traditional leftist visions of revolution, which require a social movement to seize state power and then install another system, the emerging world of peer production is based on another vision
On Doing Well, Part 2
There was a time in this country’s history when knowledge of the fundamentals of the monetary system was wide spread among the common citizens, not just Wall Street financiers and academic economists.
The Post-Capitalist Strategy of the P2P Foundation
How to create a Post-Capitalist strategy?
Undoing the Ideology of Growth
Degrowth aims at undoing growth.
On Doing Well
Solidarity means, simply, that we commit ourselves to sink or swim together.
In Venezuela’s Difficult Times the Grassroots are Stronger
‘People are starting to understand how food works. There is no way to move forward until communities become involved in food and production.
