Excerpted from Donnie Maclurcan: “Distinguishing between non-profit and not-for-profit in use of language is particularly important for two reasons: Firstly, because of the way the game is set up in the U.S. where not-for-profit entities are often called ‘non-profits’ and that these generally represent the old-school model of grant-dependent organisations rather than functioning enterprises. Secondly… Continue reading
Urban Policy Recommendations for Airbnb-style Short-Term Rentals
These policy recommendations were written by Sustainable Economies Law Center Legal Intern, Jessica Arena; Executive Director and Staff Attorney, Janelle Orsi; and City Policies Program Director, Yassi Eskandari. Introduction “This policy brief recommends the adoption of city-level policies allowing residents a reasonable amount of latitude to host and be compensated by short-term guests. The Sustainable… Continue reading
Noam Chomsky Silicon Valley, the Internet, and the role of the public sector
Interesting conversation here at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OMLpKAN2I:
An introduction to neo-nomadic urbanism as potentiality for the future
It has become almost cliche to suggest that we live in a fast-changing world, yet we continue to cling to ideas of permanence. Neo Nomadism challenges these suppositions, hinting at a future culture that is likely to be far less attached to the material and where networking–digital and social–become increasingly critical to how daily life… Continue reading
Equity and the Commons: five principles for equitable sharing
“Central to the history and practice of the commons is the idea of equitable sharing. That equitable sharing takes three distinct forms: shared use/benefit, shared stewardship, and shared responsibility or decision-making.” As proposed by the On The Commons team: “In a commons, resources are managed to benefit everyone and to preserve those resources for the… Continue reading
Dmytri Kleiner: Against the Quantity Theory of Money
A contribution from Dmytri Kleiner: “There’s old joke that you can prove that the earth is flat with a simple experiment you can do anywhere: Jump! Since scientists claim that Earth is rotating at a very high rate of speed, by simply jumping up as high as you can, you can prove it’s not true!… Continue reading
Towards a Commons based development model
A contribution from Tommaso Fattori: (This is a version without notes) “Before coming to issues of social justice and distribution of socially produced economic wealth (wealth measured in the traditional manner, in terms of GDP growth), there is an underlying and systemic problem, currently only partially hidden by the crisis, which affects the whole global… Continue reading
Institutions and Trust in Commons
A contribution by Martin Beckenkamp, which appeared in the anthology, The Wealth of the Commons: (version without notes) “From a game-theoretic point of view, commons represent both a chance and a problem. Game-theory is a mathematical tool that allows us to analyze decision-making in situations with social interdependencies such as sports, where a team has… Continue reading
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Why Distinguish Common Goods from Public Goods?
A contribution by James B. Quilligan, which appeared in the anthology, The Wealth of the Commons: (this is a version without notes) “The devastating recession of 2008–09 and its volatile aftermath have focused everyone’s attention on the global economy. There is growing agreement that better policies, laws and institutions are needed, but will the next… Continue reading