[p2p-research] alternative economy approach

[Michel Bauwens]

hi kevin,

I tend to disagree,

from my observation of change, what I see is that there is at first a very
great diversity, but soon patterns form that are emulated,

for example, the european middle ages, while localized and diverse, also had
broadly very similar patters overall, and the same in India say with the
village structure throughout the country ...

I don't see a sharp break with globalization, but more like greer, a long
process, with many elements staying global and regional et c... room enough
for non-localized exchange to be part of life, and needing its own solutions

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Kevin Carson <
free.market.anticapitalist at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/16/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I get your point about network effects, but as far as I know networks
> like
> > SEN have conferences and meetups, but no collective tools that can make
> that
> > economy an integrated reality, and this is where platforms like localmart
> > come in ... do you know of any other ones getting traction?
> >
> > I haven't been able to find any ..
>
> I don't know of any, and there may be some value in it.  But when it
> comes to that sort of thing, I expect that most alt exchange systems
> will develop locally in a very ad hoc fashion, with little regard to
> such attempts to create an overarching template. My guess is that
> people will shift to the purchase of locally produced goods, not
> through a deliberate choice to participate in such an over-arching
> network, but in the face of economic necessity as Peak Oil shortens
> supply and distribution chains and micromanufacturing supplants
> large-scale mass production.  It's just my opinion, but Local Mart
> strikes me as an attempt to supply a standard model for something that
> doesn't need one.
>
> --
>  Kevin Carson
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>



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