[P2P-F] [Commoning] l'economie citoyenne

Fri Mar 25 09:32:43 CET 2011

Dear all

I wrote a detailed critique of Felbers "Gemeinwohlökonomie"
http://www.streifzuege.org/2011/neue-werte-im-sonderangebot-die-gemeinwohlokonomie-christian-felbers

Here is a short version:
http://www.social-innovation.org/?p=1821

Here I made suggestions for amendments:
http://www.social-innovation.org/?p=1843

Basically, "Gemeinwohlökonomie" is a sort of Corporate Social Responsibility,
enlarged by enhanced labelling efforts and the image of a "new economic model".

On a theoretical level, it adopts a market-socialist view, but without the state
capacities necessary for such an approach to be viable (within its own framework)

best, Andreas

> Dear Ira,
> 
> I was not familiar with that particular instance, and would be interested in
> english language material if you want me to spread the word more,
> 
> but here already in cc two potentially interested audiences,
> 
> hope all is well, I'm on the road until April 5, with nearly zero internet
> time,
> 
> 
> Michel
> 
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Ira Mollay <ira at mollay.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Michel,
> >
> > I'm not sure whether you have already come across "Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie", a
> > model for an economy that aims at maximizing social benefit instead of
> > profit. The movement was started here in Austria by Christian Felber and his
> > book , "l'economie citoyenne" will be published in France on 6 April.
> >
> > We have several teams here working on making things very concrete and, in
> > particular, on balance sheets that include the social and environmental
> > impact. 50 enterprises are pioneering it this year and will present their
> > balance sheets to the public in autumn. They are now looking for enterprises
> > in France (or the French-speaking world) to act as pioneers in their country
> > as well.
> >
> > There is already a French version of the website on
> > http://www.gemeinwohl-oekonomie.org/fr/
> >
> > Maybe you see ways of spreading the information to relevant target groups.
> >
> > Cheers and enjoy the beach :-)
> > Ira
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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