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Re: [P2P-F] craigconnects | Connecting the World for the Common Good
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

thanks chris, will check On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Chris Pinchen <chris(a)cataspanglish.com>wrote: > Did you see this? > http://craigconnects.org/ > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > *Chris Pinchen* > http://cataspanglish.com > http://twitter.com/cataspanglish > > > > > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] how to call the study of the economics of abundance?
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

thanks Kevin, makes perfect sense .. Michel On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Kevin Carson < free.market.anticapitalist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > As I see it there are two options here, > > > > - 'reform' or 'transform' economics, even though it is rotten to the core > > and the core ideology of oppression and destruction of the biosphere > > > > - do away with it altogether and start anew > > This would IMO be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. > > We need a body of thought for dealing with goods that are naturally > scarce and take effort to produce, and things like supply schedules > and demand curves are suited to the task. What we need is a > meta-paradigm that treats scarcity as one special case and serves as a > general theory incorporating both scarcity and abundance. And we need > a more rigorous analysis when it comes to distinguishing natural from > artificial scarcity, and examining the causes and effects of the > latter. > > It's not so much that the principles of economics are rotten to the > core as the power interests by which they are currently being > interpreted and used. The basic concepts are contested terrain that > can be recuperated and turned against the neoliberals. > > -- > Kevin Carson > Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org > Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism > http://mutualist.blogspot.com > The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto > http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com > Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective > http://mutualist.blogspot.com/2005/12/studies-in-anarchist-theory-of.html > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: [Commoning] Media Piracy in Emerging Economies - The Consumers Dilemma
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Becky Lentz, Dr. <roberta.lentz(a)mcgill.ca> Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 5:56 AM Subject: [Commoning] Media Piracy in Emerging Economies - The Consumers Dilemma To: "Becky Lentz, Dr." <roberta.lentz(a)mcgill.ca> Just released! http://piracy.ssrc.org/ Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, Media Piracy in Emerging Economies tells two overarching stories: ne tracing the explosive growth of piracy as digital technologies became cheap and ubiquitous around the world, and another following the growth of industry lobbies that have reshaped laws and law enforcement around copyright protection. The report argues that these efforts have largely failed, and that the problem of piracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets. ³The choice,² said Joe Karaganis, director of the project, ³isn¹t between high piracy and low piracy in most media markets. The choice, rather, is between high-piracy, high-price markets and high-piracy, low price markets. Our work shows that media businesses can survive in both environments, and that developing countries have a strong interest in promoting the latter. This problem has little to do with enforcement and a lot to do with fostering competition.² Major Findings * Prices are too high. High prices for media goods, low incomes, and cheap digital technologies are the main ingredients of global media piracy. Relative to local incomes in Brazil, Russia, or South Africa, the retail price of a CD, DVD, or copy of MS Office is five to ten times higher than in the US or Europe. Legal media markets are correspondingly tiny and underdeveloped. * Competition is good. The chief predictor of low prices in legal media markets is the presence of strong domestic companies that compete for local audiences and consumers. In the developing world, where global film, music, and software companies dominate the market, such conditions are largely absent. * Antipiracy education has failed. The authors find no significant stigma attached to piracy in any of the countries examined. Rather, piracy is part of the daily media practices of large and growing portions of the population. * Changing the law is easy. Changing the practice is hard. Industry lobbies have been very successful at changing laws to criminalize these practices, but largely unsuccessful at getting governments to apply them. There is, the authors argue, no realistic way to reconcile mass enforcement and due process, especially in countries with severely overburdened legal systems. * Criminals can¹t compete with free. The study finds no systematic links between media piracy and organized crime or terrorism in any of the countries examined. Today, commercial pirates and transnational smugglers face the same dilemma as the legal industry: how to compete with free. * Enforcement hasn¹t worked. After a decade of ramped up enforcement, the authors can find no impact on the overall supply of pirated goods. _______________________________________________ Commoning mailing list Commoning(a)lists.wissensallmende.de http://lists.wissensallmende.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: [Commoning] [International Journal of the Commons] New Issue Published
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Silke Helfrich <Silke.Helfrich(a)gmx.de> Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:41 AM Subject: [Commoning] [International Journal of the Commons] New Issue Published To: Commoning <commoning(a)lists.wissensallmende.de> On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 14:51 +0100, Frank van Laerhoven wrote: > Readers: > > International Journal of the Commons has just published its February issue > at: > > http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc. > > You will find among other things find a first selection of articles > pertaining to a special feature dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Elinor > Ostrom's Governing the Commons (the second part will be published in August, > 2011). > > Also, we draw your attention to a special feature on the radio spectrum - a > commons created by technology. > > In another research article, Huong and Berkes explore the diversity of > resource use and property rights in Tam Giang Lagoon, Vietnam. > > The new IJC issue contains four reviews of books that we think may interest > our readers. > > We invite you to visit our web site to review articles and items of > interest. > > As of now, Erling Berge has retired as editor-in-Chief. His contribution to > the foundation and development of the journal has been of pivotal > importance. He will be replaced by Michael Schoon of Arizona State > University. > > Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, > > Frank van Laerhoven, Utrecht University > Erling Berge, Norwegian University of Life Sciences > Editors-in-Chief > _____________________________________________ > Yours sincerely, > Frank van Laerhoven > Michael Schoon > Editors-in-Chief, > International Journal of the Commons > http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/ _______________________________________________ Commoning mailing list Commoning(a)lists.wissensallmende.de http://lists.wissensallmende.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: [Buddhist Economics] FW: Bibliography of Buddhist Economics | Laszlo Zsolnai
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laszlo Zsolnai <laszlo_zsolnai(a)interware.hu> Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:50 AM Subject: [Buddhist Economics] FW: Bibliography of Buddhist Economics | Laszlo Zsolnai To: maillist(a)list.buddhist-economics.info http://laszlo-zsolnai.net/content/bibliography-buddhist-economics I produced a bibliography which collects important titles in the intersection of Buddhism, ethics, psychology and economics. It represents a body of knowledge which can serve as a good background for exploring and developing Buddhist economics scholarship. The bibliography can be downloaded by visiting the above webpage. Laszlo Zsolnai Professor and Director Business Ethics Center Corvinus University of Budapest http://laszlo-zsolnai.net http://ethics.uni-corvinus.hu _______________________________________________ Maillist mailing list Maillist(a)list.buddhist-economics.info https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/maillist -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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computer therapy
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Hi Denis, if you have time, I'm hoping this could inspire you from some publishable comments in our p2p blog, see http://www.economist.com/node/18276234 -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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wiki-based policy making
by Michel Bauwens 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

I wonder if any of you could write a comment on this, http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2011/03/07/how-to-create-policy-on-a-wiki/ perhaps referring to your experiences in australia as well ? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Marilyn Mehlmann is to get the Rachel Carson prize
by Michel Bauwens 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Congratulations to Marilyn, who hosted me in her commune in Stockholm!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jacques de Mevius <secgen(a)uia.be> Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:16 PM Subject: Marilyn Mehlmann is to get the Rachel Carson prize To: Jacques de Mevius <secgen(a)uia.be> Cc: Carine Faveere <carine(a)uia.be>, JF UIA <joel(a)uia.be>, nancy(a)uia.be Dear member, An exciting piece of news: UIA's vice-president Marilyn Mehlmann is to receive the Rachel Carson prize for 2011-2012, see link below. She says it's a great honour, and a great tribute to the wonderful GAP (Global Action Plan) team who have made it possible. Celebration in Stavanger on World Environment Day, 5 June! http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/eng/News-Archive/Marilyn-Mehlmann-prize-wi… If you hear of other prizes or awards about which UIA should make some noise, please let me know. We are considering compiling a directory of prizes and awards in the field of civil society. Kind regards, Jacques de Mévius Secretary-General Union of International Associations Rue Washington, 40 B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM Website: http://www.uia.org Tel: (32 2) 643.61.89 Fax: (32 2) 643.61.99 -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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decline of the commons
by Michel Bauwens 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Hi Tom, I wonder if you could do something with this, http://bollier.org/decline-commons-1760-2000-plotted-google ie perhaps see a revival of the commons in the last few years, and plot the ascent of p2p ? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: March 21 Deadline! Call for Session Proposals
by Michel Bauwens 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ECWD <info(a)east.usworker.coop> Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM Subject: March 21 Deadline! Call for Session Proposals To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com [image: Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy] ------------------------------ Dear Friends of the Eastern Conference for Workpace Democracy, As you may know, the ECWD will be held July 8-10, 2011 on the campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. We're in the process of recruiting presenters and proposals for panels, caucuses, or other sessions, and we'd love to hear from you! Click here to submit a proposal today!<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9fa3VNd2hhMDZSRng5Unp3bk…> To be clear, we're working with a modest budget and* can neither waive registration fees nor subsidize travel*. We do, however, have some room to help presenters and participants meet financial needs through scholarships if they income-qualify. The *deadline to submit proposals is March 21* and we expect to confirm presenters by the end of March. So far we've tentatively confirmed or are working to confirm: - *Keynote Address w/ Melissa Hoover*, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives - Plenary: "*Trends in Worker Co-op Development and Community-Based Solutions*" (presenters TBD) - "*Connecting Within Great Swaths of the Nation: How Worker Owners Can Gather Without Bankrupting Their Cooperative*" with Frank Adams & others - "*How to Bring Evergreen to Your Community*" with Steve Dubb, Democracy Collaborative - "*Legislation and Urban Cooperative Development*" with Lisa Stolarski, Keystone Development Center - "*Latino/Latina-Owned Cooperatives: Challenges and Success Stories*", a roundtable discussion (presenters TBD) - "*Lessons from Wisconsin: Worker Co-ops Defending Workers Rights*" John McNamara & Rebecca Kemble - "*Interfaith Movement Building*", a panel moderated by Esther West, Equal Exchange (speakers TBD) - "*Building Alliances to Meet Community Needs in a Post-Global Economy*" with Deborah Olson, Center for Community Based Enterprise, Detroit - "*Putting the Human Back in Human Resources: Policies and Structures that Create a Culture of Care*" (presenter TBD) - "*Building Inclusive Board Practices: Elections, Governance, and Engaging Your Constituents*" with Ole Olsen, Isthmus Engineering - 1-2 sessions with the *Anti-Oppression Resource Training Alliance*(AORTA) We'll consider any and all proposals, but our wish list includes: - Communication and Conflict Resolution - Engaging Members in Multi-stakeholder Co-ops, including food/consumer cooperatives - Marketing/Building Public Awareness of Co-ops - Financial Management and Planning - Internal Orientation, Education and Training - Organizational Structure - Collaborative/Open Source Technology Please note that we only have space for roughly 24 sessions. ECWD will prioritize the voices of women, people of color, people with disabilities and other members of groups that have been historically marginalized within our movement. We appreciate all proposals! Please visit our website for more information: http://east.usworker.coop Questions? Comments? Please contact Neily Jennings at neily(a)east.usworker.coop or 802.448.0972 (US) / 514.433.6164 (Canada) Thank you! Neily Jennings and Esteban Kelly, ECWD Organizers -- If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link<http://broadcast.east.usworker.coop/?p=unsubscribe&uid=2f70521828139a9c107d…> To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link<http://broadcast.east.usworker.coop/?p=preferences&uid=2f70521828139a9c107d…> Forward a Message to Someone this link<http://broadcast.east.usworker.coop/?p=forward&uid=2f70521828139a9c107d3535…> powered by phplist <http://www.phplist.com> v 2.10.12, © tincan ltd<http://tincan.co.uk/powered> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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