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A bedrock of any solidarity economy is the old idea of cooperativism—sharing ownership among those affected by an enterprise and governing it democratically 
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The gig economy as we know it is unacceptable. It’s an entirely parasitic arrangement in which a capitalist corporation inserts itself in P2P interactions
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OuiShare Fest Forward is an accelerator for open source projects with measurable positive impact.
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Joshua Vial from Enspiral and Dev Academy shares thoughts on the art of entrepreneurship and his personal learning journey.
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Now here is an improbable idea:an activist hedge fund. Robin Hood Coop skims market investments to support commoners
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20 participants assembled to discuss what we mean when we talk about commons and create an action plan for Chicago’s Chamber of Commons.
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What are the conditions for a more intentional technology movement?
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The sharing events happening around the world this fall are bound to spark ideas for new ways to engage in the collaborative economy.
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Strongly recommended by our Athens correspondent, Penhy Travlou: “This is a collaborative ethnographic film about Skoros, an anti-consumerist collective in Exarcheia, Athens, that run a space where people could come and give, take, or give and take goods and services without any norms of reciprocity. Soon after came the Greek “Crisis”, a new kind of …
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David de Ugarte interviews his mentor, Juan Urrutia, during OuiShareFest 2015 about on his 20 year effort to create an Economics of Abundance.
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More and more people are starting to question the real benefits and the underlying motivations of the companies involved in the sharing economy.
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Ferananda Ibarra explores the unfolding story of a life-affirming economy.
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I have identified three ambitious projects that are under construction but at the same time based on already existing projects and infrastructures.
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An infographic describing how the Fifth Season Coop's innovative six-member class structure fosters regional food security and local economic stability.
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Christopher David has garnered 1,600+ drivers to launch a competing app on February 14th. It's called Arcade City
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Video interview of co-founder Christopher David: “The former ‘illegal Uber driver’ Christopher David — who provides rides to Portsmouth, New Hampshire residents when cab companies will not — has garnered 1,600+ drivers to launch a competing app on February 14th. It’s called Arcade City.” Watch the video here:
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For authors and their reader-communities, has conventional book publishing become obsolete or at least grossly inefficient and overpriced?
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Now here is an improbable idea:an activist hedge fund. Robin Hood Coop skims market investments to support commoners
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The League of the Anchovy changes its statutes, name, and logo to become a tool for the network that was born over this last year.
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The disappearance of the “consumer” in the new productive models drives a growing social space of productive networks and egalitarian oriented to abundance.
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“Enspiral Dev Academy is an intensive bootcamp helping people gain skills to start a technical career. Rohan Wakefield tells the story of how they facilitated a process for all the staff to set their own salaries transparently.” * Watch the video here:
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At the first International Workshop on the Sharing Economy Martijn Arets interviewed Juliet Schor about her keynote Will the sharing economy lead to a new form of hyper-capitalism or to a sustainable alternative? Very interesting and balanced intervention. Watch the video here:
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Something similar is happening with the so-called “sharing” economy, popularized by the likes of Uber, AirBnb and Task Rabbit. While users still flock to these platforms, more and more people are starting to question the real benefits and the underlying motivations of the companies involved.
Robert Mylne's curator insight,
March 27, 2015 5:33 AM
As sharing sites like Uber, AirBnB and taskrabbit have given thousands of out of work or struggling people a chance at employment they are willing to defend it to the end. But people on the opposing side of this argument have also arisen.
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Cooperativism in the US is coming together as a real option to recover the economy of the great industrial cores devastated by the crisis.
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I have identified three ambitious projects that are under construction but at the same time based on already existing projects and infrastructures.
jean lievens's insight:
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