Dear colleagues, With the help of David Bollier and subscribers to the Commoning and P2P-Foundation email lists, we are compiling a directory of http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons-Oriented_Economists Wolfgang Hoechsele suggested your names and institutions, as experts likely to be able to suggest names to add to our directory, Many thanks for considering your assistance, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Silke Helfrich <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:23 PM Subject: [Commoning] Economists or Ecommonists? To: Commoning <[email protected]> Dear all, I was recently inspired by a proposal from a formally trained "economist", Friederike Habermann. She would certainly love to be called an ecommonist, rather than an economist. Actually she frames the world we are all struggling for as Ecommony. (we'll include the proposal in our next monography, many of you are invited to contribute to ...) So, Friederike Habermann (Phd), Germany is my candidate for the list. Best Silke On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 22:59 +0200, Hervé Le Crosnier wrote:
Hello all,
I want to follow on what Wolfgang say about the very definition of "an economist". It's not that easy, because what we're talking about when considering the economic aspects of the commons is mainly "political economy", which is not considered as a typical "economics". So some sociologists, some political scientists, some activists, some ecologists have a lot to say to the economy of the commons. Mostly when we look at all potential measures for economy. The national gross product, or the market share are not suitable measures for the commons. And more to say within the information and immaterials commons. Is Yochaï Benkler, mainly considered as a law professor an economist ? Yes he give us truly significant insights to the economical side of commons productions, but he does this with all his knowledge of law...
When I first encounter the David and Michel list, I don't know if I can add people as Philippe Aigrain, not an economist, but surely a political economist, as far as he worked for the European Commission, even though as a computer scientist by training...
As far as people are trying to have new indicators for economy, and well being, and human development, for political evaluation, or to assist decision in the political arena, for it not to follow only markets, or more precisely "financial exchange markets"... we the commoners must go right on this open way to evaluate the benefit of the commons way. So sociologists, political scientists, philosophers, and activists in their plain intellectual commitment, can be into such a list.
May be we have to change the disciplinary distinctions, and promote focus based lists ? But it is mainly the real good work the P2P Foundation is doing, isn't it ?
Yours,
Hervé Le Crosnier
Le 19/04/2011 22:43, Wolfgang Hoeschele a écrit :
Dear Michel, On my entry on this list, I think you should point out that I'm not an economist (if Elinor Ostrom is not en economist, having received the Nobel Prize in economics, I'm most definitely not, since I'm trained as a geographer!). Katherine Gibson is also a geographer. The E.F. Schumacher Foundation _has been renamed_ as the New Economics Institute - i.e., those two are one and the same thing.
The Green Economics Institute in England (http://www.greeneconomics.org.uk/) should also be listed, while different people within that institute follow different approaches, they are very much interested in social and environmental justice. The directors of the institute are Miriam Kennet (contact at Miriam Kennet <[email protected]>) and Volker Heinemann; they could probably suggest further economists supportive of the commons.
Another economist who you could add is Julie Matthaei - she's a feminist economist, involved in the US Solidarity Economy Network. I don't think she's published on the commons per se but she is definitely supportive of the approach. A volume on the solidarity economy she co-edited is the following:
*Solidarity economy :* *building alternatives for people and planet ; papers and reports from the U.S. Social Forum 2007 /* Jenna *Allard*; Carl *Davidson*; Julie *Matthaei *2008 *English* Book Book xiv, 427 p. ; 23 cm. Chicago : ChangeMaker Publications, ; ISBN: 0615194893 9780615194899 *Contents:* pt. 1. New visions and models -- pt. 2. Defining the solidarity economy through diverse practices -- pt. 3. Building the solidarity economy through social movements -- pt. 4. Building the solidarity economy through cooperatives and socially responsible business -- pt. 5. Building the solidarity economy through networking and community organizing -- pt. 6. Building the solidarity economy through public policy -- pt. 7. Building the solidarity economy through daily practice -- pt. 8. The birth of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network -- pt. 9. Appendices.
Julie could probably also suggest some more economists to add to the list - her email is "Julie A. Matthaei" <[email protected]>.
If some more people come to mind I'll let you know! Wolfgang
At 02:50 AM 4/19/2011, you wrote:
Dear friends,
with the help of David Bollier, who produced the original list below, I will start to compile a list of ...
http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons-Oriented_Economists
thanks a lot for sending suggestions my way; eventual help with bio's would also be welcome,
who among the Berlin participants should be considered economists and should be added to the list?
Michel
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *David Bollier* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Article in Financial Times To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Michel, Here's my top-of-mind list of commons-oriented or -friendly economists:
Josh Farley, U. of Vermont (ecological economics, community
development)
Robert Costanza, U. of Oregon (a leading ecological economist; not sure of commons-orientation) James Boyce, UMass Amherst (ecological economics) Nancy Folbre, UMass Amherst (feminist economics/caring economy) Gerald Epstein, UMass Amherst (cooperatives) Katherine Gibson, Australia (community economics; former writing partner with the late Julie Graham, a.k.a., J.-K. Gibson-Graham) Elinor Ostrom, Arizona State & Indiana U. (commons; not an economist, but she might as well be) Wolfgang Hoeschele, Truman State University, Missouri (Solidarity Economy, commons) Sam Bowles, Santa Fe Institute (economics as seen through complexity theory & evolutionary sciences) Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School (digital commons; not an economist, but he might as well be) Peter Barnes, Pt. Reyes Station, California (former entrepreneur; commons; Sky Trust) * David Korten, author Richard Norgaard, UC Berkeley Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute, Germany Herman Daly (?), perhaps too economistic and not commons-oriented enough, based on a brief encounter with him. Association for Georgist Studies (the Henry George crowd) E.F. Schumacher Foundation: hosts annual lecture series that often includes iconoclastic economist-types New Economics Institute: Schumacher spinoff with ties to New Economics Foundation in UK, which aspires to develop alternative economic approaches. A more nominal than real project because it has so little money.
Peter Barnes hosted a small retreat of commons-oriented economists in Santa Barbara 5-7 years ago. He would be worth consulting if we ever try to do something in this area.
There are probably some other economists or near-economists who attended the ICC. -------
David
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