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2020-04-20

Why Common Ownership Is a Route to Social Transformation

The case for despair is made. Now let’s start to get out of the mess we’re in. “to be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing” With one breath, the friends of power told us that global capitalism was a dynamic, disruptive force, the source of constant innovation and change. With […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Commons, Commons-Based Peer Production, Digital Commons, Future of Democracy, Future of Economy, Future Political-Economies, Knowledge Commons, Market-as-Commons Leave a Comment

2019-07-03

The real Adam Smith

He might be the poster boy for free-market economics, but that distorts what Adam Smith really thought The invisible hand was invoked not to draw attention to the problem of state intervention, but of state capture Smith argued, ordinary people were forced to accept inflated prices for shoddy goods, and their employment was at the mercy of […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Adam Smith, Democracy, Market Governance, Market-as-Commons, Neo-Liberal Ideology, Philosophical Economics, Political Economics, Political Philosophy, Value, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2018-10-14

How to Destroy Neoliberalism: Kill ‘Homo Economicus’

Debunking the failed paradigm of traditional economics. This piece is adapted from a speech delivered September 30th at MIT, where Nick Hanauer won the 2018 Harvard and MIT Humanist of the Year award.  I’m thrilled to receive this award from such distinguished hosts—but I won’t lie: When I was told I would be honored as […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Future of Economy, Homo Economicus, Market Governance, Market-as-Commons, Self-Organization, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

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