From an important life-force of early civilization and an ancient crafter of community, beer was, like many things under our current economic system, disfigured and twisted by the forces of the market and the drive for profit. In their latest episode, Upstream takes a close look at this story, starting in ancient Mesopotamia and tracing… Continue reading
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Daniel Wahl on Designing Regenerative Cultures for Resilience and Sustainability
http://empowerradio.net/podcasts/allthingsconnected_041217_danielwahl.mp3 This podcast conversation with our frequent contributor Daniel Wahl was originally posted in Empower Radio. From the notes to the podcast “Things have got to change!” How many times have you heard that phrase? Well, the world and humanity are changing. As we awaken and become conscious citizens, how can we co-create innovative change,… Continue reading
Podcast: Kate Raworth on ‘Doughnut Economics’
In this interview, we explore why the economy should look more like a doughnut. In her new book, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, renegade economist Kate Raworth explains why it’s time to explore new images that tell different stories about the economy. When you think about economics, what images come to mind?… Continue reading
MiData: Toward cooperative data ownership
Text cross-posted from Platform.coop We recently had the chance to speak with Ernst Hafen and Ulrich Genick of MiData (pronounced my-data), a Swiss cooperative that aims to restore users’ data privacy through an innovative market solution. Presently, the use of user data is mostly unregulated in the EU, with varying rights and privacy protections across… Continue reading
Kevin Carson on free market anticapitalism
PRIMO NUTGMEG interviews Center for a Stateless Society senior fellow and P2P Foundation regular contributor Kevin Carson. From the shownotes to the podcast Kevin Carson is a left-wing libertarian who supports a free market but opposes “capitalism.” We discuss the differences between various schools of libertarianism and the possibility for collaboration. We also discuss the… Continue reading
Podcast: The Call for a New Economy
Bellowing out in the songs of eco-village choirs and reverberating down city streets through the chants of the 99%, the call for a new economy echoes out over the dying gasps of late capitalism. From energy co-operatives in Spain that are literally bringing power to the local level, to a small school hidden deep in… Continue reading
Michel Bauwens On Value Regimes And Where Your Job Might Be Going In The Future
Society is shifting from a production modus based on value created in a market system (through labor and capital) to one which recognizes broader value streams. These streams are experienced as ‘contributions’ to structures based on the co-construction of shared resources, also known as ‘commons’. Show Notes: Michel Bauwens: Four Scenarios for the Collaborative Economy… Continue reading
Economy of Things
Though we often think the modern culture of consumerism is an export from United States and a product of capitalism, people long before today’s era were enjoying the benefit of soft shoes, beautiful cloth and exceptional goods. Acquisition has been an important part of community and identity, essential to societies even though only recently so… Continue reading
Podcast: Money and Power, by From Alpha to Omega
Issue 70 of podcast series ‘Money and Power’: “This week, I am delighted to welcome Alexander Douglas, a lecturer in philosophy at St. Andrews University, to the show, to talk about his recent book: The Philosophy Of Debt. It was great to talk to Alex about the nature of debt and money, and how all… Continue reading
Platform Cooperativism: Trebor Scholz Interview
“How do you rip the algorithmic heart of our Uber and then embed your own values instead?” This is the question that lies at the heart of scholar & activist Trebor Scholz’s work on Platform Cooperativism, a concept that describes “a way of joining the peer-to-peer and co-op movements with online labor markets while insisting on communal… Continue reading
The Solidarity Economy – A Podcast by Upstream
“I can’t accept the death of my imagination on a daily basis,” Caroline Woolard told us when we visited her at her studio in Lower Manhattan, “I’d rather have less money and work for something that I believe in.” Caroline is an artist that co-creates projects and institutions for and within the solidarity economy. “I… Continue reading
(Re)Inventing The Future with Nick Srnicek
We continue the conversation on Universal Basic Income, this time with Demand the Future co-author Nick Srnicek. For more P2P-perspectives on Srnicek’s work, accelerationism and Demand the Future, please follow this link. Originally published in the From Alpha to Omega podcast. Episode Description After an unplanned hiatus, the show is back with a bang. This week I… Continue reading
RD Wolff: The Recession isn’t Over, but is Capitalism?
Unemployment is down and the stock market is up. So we’re in a recovery, right? Many politicians and economists would like us to think that, but in this Upstream Podcast “Sneak Peak”, Professor Richard D. Wolff explains how this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Not only is the recession that started in 2008 far from over, but… Continue reading
The P2P Foundation’s work in a nutshell
Enjoy this very concise three-minute audio description of the P2P Foundation’s work and ideals by our founder, Michel Bauwens. It was originally recorded for the Innovation and Creative Intelligence unit at the University of Technology Sydney. Beautiful Minds with Michel Bauwens Clip description Morsels are small bites gleaned from talks, events and conversations hosted by… Continue reading
The Fertile Ground of Bewilderement
A few weeks before the US presidential elections: “I personally think that Donald Trump is going to get elected. I can’t think of a very plausible scenario for that to happen. My rational brain says that’s not very likely, but I think he’s going to get elected for reasons of dramatic aesthetics. In other words,… Continue reading
Rocking the Google Bus
Companies like Twitter can make billions of dollars in revenue while providing a widely used service and still be considered a financial failure. Though today’s digital technologies provide new innovations that reorganize daily life, can the digital economy expand forever? Will our most promising tech ever reach its potential in an economy pushing for growth… Continue reading