<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">hi Roberto,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">in my view, the answer is no, in the sense that</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1) markets are about exchange, commons are about pooling and sharing resources</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">2) nothing is a commons, unless there is commoning and commons governance</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">so I believe that market'places' and market'spaces' can be made into commons</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">for example if we take digital marketplaces like uber and airbnb, they are emphatically not commons, but if the platform becomes a shared resources for participants, they they could be the commons of that marketplace,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Michel</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:00 PM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p2p-foundation-request@lists.ourproject.org" target="_blank">p2p-foundation-request@lists.ourproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":15v" class="a3s aXjCH m15becad20e5e508a">Message: 2<br>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 18:53:56 +0800<br>
From: Roberto Verzola <<a href="mailto:rverzola@gn.apc.org">rverzola@gn.apc.org</a>><br>
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Cc: "Rainer v. Leoprechting" <<a href="mailto:rainer@pro-action.eu">rainer@pro-action.eu</a>>, Michael McMaster<br>
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Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Fwd: [commoning] DIGITAL CAPITALISM AND UNIVERSAL<br>
        BASIC INCOME<br>
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Isn't the market itself a commons?<br>
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Roberto Verzola</div></blockquote></div><br><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a>  </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a>  - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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