apologies for the belated response Andreas, I was on the road, I incorporated your source material here: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Common_Welfare_Economy">http://p2pfoundation.net/Common_Welfare_Economy</a><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:32 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andreas.exner@chello.at">andreas.exner@chello.at</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear all<br>
<br>
I wrote a detailed critique of Felbers "Gemeinwohl�konomie"<br>
<a href="http://www.streifzuege.org/2011/neue-werte-im-sonderangebot-die-gemeinwohlokonomie-christian-felbers" target="_blank">http://www.streifzuege.org/2011/neue-werte-im-sonderangebot-die-gemeinwohlokonomie-christian-felbers</a><br>
<br>
Here is a short version:<br>
<a href="http://www.social-innovation.org/?p=1821" target="_blank">http://www.social-innovation.org/?p=1821</a><br>
<br>
Here I made suggestions for amendments:<br>
<a href="http://www.social-innovation.org/?p=1843" target="_blank">http://www.social-innovation.org/?p=1843</a><br>
<br>
Basically, "Gemeinwohl�konomie" is a sort of Corporate Social Responsibility,<br>
enlarged by enhanced labelling efforts and the image of a "new economic model".<br>
<br>
On a theoretical level, it adopts a market-socialist view, but without the state<br>
capacities necessary for such an approach to be viable (within its own framework)<br>
<br>
best, Andreas<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
> Dear Ira,<br>
><br>
> I was not familiar with that particular instance, and would be interested in<br>
> english language material if you want me to spread the word more,<br>
><br>
> but here already in cc two potentially interested audiences,<br>
><br>
> hope all is well, I'm on the road until April 5, with nearly zero internet<br>
> time,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Michel<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Ira Mollay <<a href="mailto:ira@mollay.net">ira@mollay.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hi Michel,<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not sure whether you have already come across "Gemeinwohl-�konomie", a<br>
> > model for an economy that aims at maximizing social benefit instead of<br>
> > profit. The movement was started here in Austria by Christian Felber and his<br>
> > book , "l'economie citoyenne" will be published in France on 6 April.<br>
> ><br>
> > We have several teams here working on making things very concrete and, in<br>
> > particular, on balance sheets that include the social and environmental<br>
> > impact. 50 enterprises are pioneering it this year and will present their<br>
> > balance sheets to the public in autumn. They are now looking for enterprises<br>
> > in France (or the French-speaking world) to act as pioneers in their country<br>
> > as well.<br>
> ><br>
> > There is already a French version of the website on<br>
> > <a href="http://www.gemeinwohl-oekonomie.org/fr/" target="_blank">http://www.gemeinwohl-oekonomie.org/fr/</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Maybe you see ways of spreading the information to relevant target groups.<br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers and enjoy the beach :-)<br>
> > Ira<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
><br>
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