* Book: The Bubble and Beyond: The Road from Industrial Capitalism to Finance Capitalism and Debt Peonage. Essays on Fictitious Capital, Debt Deflation and the Global Crisis. Michael Hudson. ISLET, 2012. Introduction of the theme excerpted from Michael Hudson, my favourite economist: “This summary of my economic theory traces how industrial capitalism has turned into… Continue reading
Ethical Marketing in Age of Horizontal Socialization (2): can we replace marketing?
Excellent, but also demanding, master’s thesis on the need for a wholly different kind of ‘ethical’ marketing, that goes much deeper than the conventional critiques. * Master’s Thesis: Rethink ethical marketing after the critiques of Bernard Stiegler. Maxime Lathuilière. ESC Toulouse / WF Ingolstadt master in management , 2012 Below is the second excpert focusing… Continue reading
Post-2008 Social Movements and Their Use of P2P Media
Excerpted from Orsan Senalp: “Since the Seattle and the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, global solidarity and justice activists have been intensively using email lists, Skype meetings, video-sharing, websites and other software available in order to organise alter- or anti-summits as well as reach out the public. However since 2004, with the arrival… Continue reading
Rushkoff on “Synthetic Overview of the Collaborative Economy Report”
“There is no longer any excuse to remain ignorant of the vast peer-to-peer landscape that is slowly but surely replacing the obsolete, monopolistic, and competitive institutions of yesterday. This authoritative survey of the emerging collaborative economy may shock businesspeople and scare bankers, but it sure encourages me.” – Dr. Douglas Rushkoff – author,… Continue reading
Spurring local innovation through the collaborative economy
Interesting presentation by Simone Cicero, which you can find here. Here is the introduction: “During my speech, I first introduced the correlation between the digitization of the economy, democratization, cooperation and resilience (in a context of access to resources that will become increasingly problematic in the future) and then moved on to the topic of… Continue reading
Debating the Partner State (3): Mariana Mazzucato on the Enterpreneurial State
1. how many people know that the algorithm that led to Google’s success was funded by a public sector National Science Foundation grant? Or that molecular antibodies, which provided the foundation for biotechnology before venture capital moved into the sector, were discovered in public Medical Research Council (MRC) labs in the UK? Or that many… Continue reading
Ask Michel Bauwens Anything Part 1
This is the first part of the video answering your questions to the P2P Foundation Reddit page: http://redd.it/11d4m7 based on the Synthetic overview of the collaborative economy report by the P2P Foundation and Orange Labs. James Burke gathered together the questions and recorded a converstion with Michel Bauwens to provide more valuable insight into the themes… Continue reading
New Zealand’s Wellington: an example of a partner state / enterpreneurial state approach
The City Council is starting to modestly support a social enterpreneurship ecology. Excerpted from JAZIAL CROSSLEY: “Business collective and incubator for entrepreneurs with a social conscience Enspiral has caught the attention of Wellington City Council, earning it a $5000 grant from public funding. The democratically run hub for startups that want to create social change… Continue reading
Project of the Day: the Open Source Solar Steam Engine
From a description of Steve Nelson‘s Zenman Energy Open Source Solar Steam Engine, by David DiSalvo: “What makes (Steve) Nelson noteworthy, beyond the solar power technology he’s invented, is that unlike most everyone else trying to score in this market, Nelson’s vision for success includes giving away the technology for others to replicate and improve… Continue reading
Ethical Marketing in Age of Horizontal Socialization
Excellent, but also demanding, master’s thesis on the need for a wholly different kind of ‘ethical’ marketing, that goes much deeper than the conventional critiques. We are excerpting it in two parts: 1) the critique; 2) the alternatives * Master’s Thesis: Rethink ethical marketing after the critiques of Bernard Stiegler. Maxime Lathuilière. ESC Toulouse /… Continue reading