[p2p-research] abundance economics book

[Samuel Rose]

We'll definitely work on something (still working on what we
previously discussed: triads and cooptation of systems. We need to
research that idea more)

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Michel Bauwens
<michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sam, what you write here strikes me as a great and crucial strategic
> insight, actually a key to our progess,
>
> please elaborate in a publishable form!! this should be your contribution to
> the economy of the commons stream in the berlin conference ..
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Book: Wolfgang Hoeschele. The Economics of Abundance: A Political
>> > Economy of
>> > Freedom, Equity, and Sustainability.
>> >
>> > [edit] Description
>> >
>> > "The “economics of abundance” is based on a critique of our present
>> > economic
>> > system, which finds value only in scarce commodities – i.e., things
>> > which
>> > can be sold at a high price because demand exceeds supply. Because this
>> > economy depends on demand always outstripping supplies, it also depends
>> > on
>> > “scarcity-generating institutions” – institutions that either manipulate
>> > supply or demand in order to keep us in a constant state of need.
>> >
>> > An economy of abundance seeks to dismantle or reform these
>> > scarcity-generating institutions in such a way as to affirm our freedom
>> > to
>> > live life as art (self-expression to others), social equity (so that
>> > everyone can live life as art), and sustainability (so that all life can
>> > thrive into the future). Among other things, this implies a much greater
>> > role for various forms of shared property, individual and
>> > community-level
>> > self-reliance, and participatory decision-making."
>> > (http://shareable.net/blog/event-the-economics-of-abundance)
>> >
>>
>>
>> I am looking now in some cases on a "transition economics. Where
>> people work together to both share those resources that are shareable
>> now (software, designs, knowledge, waste that can be used as food,
>> surplus capacities and resources) and cooperate to produce items that
>> are still based in scarcity, then re-invest the profits into creating
>> more and more abundance-economy-based systems.
>>
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