[p2p-research] The Change Economy

[Michel Bauwens]

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/estimating-the-value-of-the-free-economy-at-300-billion/2008/07/31

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:35 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:

> AHITU is a great book.
>
> I'm asking because it seems for the first time "change" (and more
> specifically, and as you say, 'network enabled change') is maturing into a
> full fledged economy and I'm personally interested in figuring out the size
> of the change economy.... no business motivation, just my own curiosity.
>
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> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Marc,
>>
>> There are actually some rather old models on this.
>>
>> If you start with Stuart Kauffman
>> http://www.citeulike.org/user/VRadenovic/article/158503 At Home in the
>> Universe, you'll get some background on the network and system dynamics
>> related to this type of change. On a systems scale, the lower cost of
>> creating and using "open source" coupled with the fact that these projects
>> are often coupled to networks, tends to increase wealth generation, and the
>> divergent filling of niches possible with cores that are optimized for
>> flexible customization and re-use, tends to open up more niches to be
>> filled.
>>
>> I don't know about the numbers in dollars. We (our network) could fill a
>> role in taking the lead on research like this. There may be some useful info
>> at http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/
>>
>>
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>>   On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:37 PM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if anyone out there has a good view of all the economic
>>> activity that is related to "change"
>>>
>>> For example, the number of companies that are open sourcing their
>>> proprietary software or processes, and what that is creating in terms of
>>> economic activity.
>>>
>>> Another example, the number of universities that are open sourcing their
>>> courses (like MIT, Stanford) and those implementing 'holistic education',
>>> what that is creating in terms of economic activity.
>>>
>>> I wonder if someone has the time to give us a good description of the
>>> change economy and it's size (e.g. total spending on change in dollars.)
>>>
>>>
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