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How to Create a Thriving Global Commons Economy

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By Emily Kawano, Riane Eisler, Robin Hahnel, David Schweickart
| thenextsystem.org
Not since Marx identified Manchester’s manufacturing plants as blueprints for the new capitalist society have our political economy’s fundamentals faced a more profound transformation. As structural crises beset capitalism, a new mode of production is emerging: commons-based peer production. Why is this emerging mode of production so important in discussions about post-capitalist futures?
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The Joyful Economy

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By Emily Kawano, Riane Eisler, Robin Hahnel, David Schweickart
| thenextsystem.org
This paper by Gus Speth, published alongside three others, is one of many proposals for a systemic alternative we have published or will be publishing here at the Next System Project. You can read it below, or download the PDF.
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Solidarity Economy: Building an Economy for People & Planet

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By Riane Eisler, Robin Hahnel, Lane Kenworthy, David Schweickart
| thenextsystem.org
We stand at the brink of disaster. The fragilities of the 2008 global economic meltdown remain, prompting warnings of another financial collapse from the likes of billionaire financier George Soros and the International Monetary Fund. Inequality in wealth and income are at historic highs, with all of the attendant dangers of concentrated wealth and power, along with the burdens that fall disproportionately on communities of color and low-income communities. Our ecosystem is in crisis.
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