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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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A New Economy: Social, Commons, Feminist, and Environmental | P2P Foundation

The solution now is to go back to the cooperativist tradition as an alternative to the corporate sharing economy.
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The Gender Wage Gap Part 1: Why Statistics Are a Bitch | P2P Foundation

This is the first of three videos that will tackle an investigation of the gender wage gap going beyond popular rhetoric and analysing its underlying causes
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Policies for Commons Collaborative Economies at the European level | P2P Foundation

A series of proposals and more than 120 policy recommendations for governments, ending in a joint statement of public policies for the collaborative economy
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Yanis Varoufakis on the death of the 20th Century's Social Contract, and What is Next | P2P Foundation

Brilliant explanation of why the social insurance model of the 20th century is dying and why the basic income is the unavoidable alternative.
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On the Necessity of Transforming the Fictitious Commodities into Commons (3): Labor | P2P Foundation

As factors of production, people are no longer human beings, but commodities bought and sold in labor markets, so called wage slaves, or “human capital”.
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From basic income to social dividend: sharing the value of common resources | P2P Foundation

It’s time to examine and broaden the debate on how to fund a universal basic income
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COMMONS TRANSITION ETHICAL ECONOMY FEATURED ESSAY OPEN COOPS & SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS P2P PUBLIC POLICY P2P SOCIETY AND POLITICS SHARINGcommons tr

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Resetting Interest on Usury | P2P Foundation

We now regard lending as principally a technocratic province of economics. The result is a financial system whose most serious risks fall to the vulnerable.
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Factual details about the upcoming basic income experiment in Finland | P2P Foundation

"In a recent survey carried out by Kela, nearly 70% of respondents support the idea of a universal basic income"
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M.A. Thesis: The Transformative Effects of Crisis in Spain and Greece | P2P Foundation

An excerpt from "The Transformative Effects of Crisis: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the New Economic Cultures in Spain and Greece" by Janosch Sbeih
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Book chapter: Solidarity Economy in Contemporary Greece | P2P Foundation

This book chapter is an ethnography of a vibrant solidarity economy that spread throughout crisis-ridden Greece from early 2012 onwards.
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Metamapping the ecosystem building the next economy | P2P Foundation

Metamapping the ecosystem building the next economy | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A summary of the recent webinar, co-hosted by the Next System Project and the Real Economy Lab, on mapping and building the next economy.
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The Post-Capitalist Strategy of the P2P Foundation | P2P Foundation

Michel Bauwens: A note on the post-capitalist strategy of the P2P Foundation How to create a Post-Capitalist strategy? As expressed in our previous posts —  where we describe the work of Kojin Karatani—  we agree that the present system is based on a trinity of capital-state-nation, and that this reflects the integration of three modes... Continue reading →
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COMMONS COMMONS TRANSITION CULTURE & IDEAS ETHICAL ECONOMY OPEN COOPS & SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS ORIGINAL CONTENT P2P SOCIETY AND POLITICS P2P THEORY

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Podcast: Kevin Carson on Mutualizing the Water Commons | P2P Foundation

Andrew Stewart interviews Kevin Carson on the issue of corporate water privatization and cooperative ownership, commons-based alternatives.
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The remarkable keynote of Yochai Benkler on the state of the commons/sharing movements and the tensions within | P2P Foundation

It's indeed a remarkable synthesis of where the P2P movement is at, and how it is both grappling with the tensions in the world and within the movements.
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A prospective doubling of the co-operative economy in the UK | P2P Foundation

According to the Shadow Chancellor, the Labour Party will double the size of the UK co-operative sector if in power, as a way to boost the economy.
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Procomuns: Commons Collaborative Economies and Public Policies | P2P Foundation

PROCOMUNS, a 3 day event held in Barcelona to discuss commons-oriented approaches to public policy, peer production and the collaborative economy.
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BUILDING THE OPEN SOURCE CIRCULAR ECONOMY COMMONS COMMONS TRANSITION CONFERENCES COOPERATIVES CULTURE & IDEAS ETHICAL ECONOMY FEATURED VIDEO OPEN COOPS & SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS OPEN GOVERNMENT ORIGINAL CONTENT P2P SOCIETY AND POLITICS SHARING VIDEOS

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Community Development and the Commons | P2P Foundation

If we have a collective right to a resource, we should be able to participate in decisions about that resource’s use.

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Douglas Rushkoff on the Malfunctioning Tech Economy | P2P Foundation

People don’t realise how much power they have. And that’s partly because the real world has been dwarfed by this digital simulacra.
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Video: Pardis Sabeti on Open Sourcing the Ebola Virus Research | P2P Foundation

"Pardis Sabeti immediately released her ebola research online, so virus trackers and scientists from around the world could join in the urgent fight"
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A discussion of the crises in Spain and Greece | P2P Foundation

Crises offer the opportunity to implement policies that lead to profound political and economic changes on the fast track as societies are in turmoil.
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In the Throes of Change: An Interview With Douglas Rushkoff | P2P Foundation

Douglas Rushkoff has made a career of peering into an unknown future and helping the rest of us come to grips with the burgeoning digital space
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