[P2P-F] Class and capital in peer production

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"Class and capital in peer production"
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http://cnc.sagepub.com/content/33/1/121

The aim of this paper is to make the case that peer production offers a
unique chance to transcend capitalism, and that peer-to-peer movements
represent the succession of industrial-society based socialisms. The paper
describes the salient characteristics of peer production before going on to
explore whether it is ‘transcendent’ or ‘immanent’ to the market system,
concluding that it is both in that it creates a new form of capitalism and
also points out how that new form might be overcome. Following a review of
the hybrid economic forms emerging today, I formulate the hypothesis that
peer production is actually a hyperproductive mode, forcing for-profit
entities to adapt to its characteristics, thereby further integrating it
into the existing political economy, but not without the transformative
effects of its market transcending aspects. After examining the possible
expansion of peer-production modalities to physical manufacturing, I also
examine the class aspects of commons and sharing-based platforms and
hypothesise the emergence of a new section of capital, netarchical
capitalists, who enable and empower participation, but also monetise it and
attempt to control it.
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