[p2p-research] POCLAD and corporation reform

[Ryan Lanham]

Combining Athina's idea with the POCLAD interest, perhaps a reading of
http://cipa-apex.org/books/A389/
could be in order.


Ryan Lanham
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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:51 AM, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:

>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 14:25:44 PM +0700, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a very sensible approach to me, that of POCLAD, I do
> > hope it makes headway, and if we can help here at the p2pfoundation,
> > by spreading these proposals, let me/us know ...
> >
> > perhaps someone could write about it?
>
> Michel,
>
> I'm glad you find it sensible. When I first found www.POCLAD.org<http://www.poclad.org/>and
> "decoded" them as I've explained in my previous messages, I was
> fascinated because those proposals:
>
> - seem very simple to explain to the masses, much simpler than other
>  systems
>
> - (let's dream only for a moment that it would easy to have them
>  approved, ie become actual laws) they seem to require little extra
>  effort, in the sense that with such laws in place, many other
>  problems we talk about would, if not disappear, may become much
>  easier to keep under control **within** the current system, ie
>  without need to reform everything at once.
>
> Think to the combination of laws like POCLAD's and saying that, OK,
> you can buy as many stocks you want and make as much profit from
> reselling them as you want... but if you buy stocks you can't resell
> them before than 2 years, that is you invest in a company only if you
> want to make money by risking your *own* money in supporting the
> activity of that company. How much of the financial mess, corporate
> abuse etc... that we've had for years would have still beeen possible
> in such a scenario?
>
> Back to your request: I've wanted to make a serious study about POCLAD
> theses for years, but I really don't know when I'll have the time and
> there are surely people more competent than me to start such a
> study. If I'll write something about it I'll surely let you know, but
> my aim now was more to check if somebody *else* already had material
> and comments. In the meantime, if anybody else can step in, please do
> it!
>
> Of course, if it turns out that I completely misunderstood what POCLAD
> says, that is that the ideas you and Andreas found interesting first
> popped up out of my own head, I'll immediately patent them and demand
> a billion billions dollars royalties per year forever! :-)
>
> Marco
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