A Choice Outstanding Academic Title in Economics 2023.
In this stimulating analysis, Hannes Gerhardt outlines the potentials and challenges of a technology-enabled, commons-focused transition out of capitalism.
The book shows that openness and cooperation are more beneficial in today's economies and societies than competition and profit-seeking. Driven by this conviction, Gerhardt identifies key imperatives for overcoming capitalism, from democratizing our digital, material, and financial economies to maintaining a robust, political mobilization. Using clear examples, he explores tactical openings through the lens of 'compeerism', a newly constructed framework that highlights the latent counter-capitalist possibilities, but also limits, of our emerging technological landscape.
This is an accessible contribution to counter-capitalist discourse that is both inspiring and pragmatic for academics and activists alike.
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"A thoughtful, ambitious vision for how commoners might leverage digital technologies and open-source practices to usher in a humane, satisfying post-capitalist world. In a time when people's aspirations for a better world have shrivelled and curdled, Gerhardt invites us to consider the feasible possibilities, if we dare." David Bollier, Schumacher Center for a New Economics "How do we prevent the appropriation of the commons by capital, and instead, generate capital for the commons? Hannes Gerhardt has written a very useful primer on the way forward." Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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978-1-5292-2454-2 (9781529224542)
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Hannes Gerhardt is Professor of Geography at the University of West Georgia.
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University of West Georgia
Introduction
PART I: Contemporary Capitalism and the Promise of the Digital Revolution
1. Theorizing Capitalism and its Demise
2. The Digital Commons' Elusive Potential
3. Taking Back the Interest
PART II: The Material Economy and the Commons
4. Democratizing Infrastructure
5. The Promise of 'Design Global, Manufacture Local'
6. Contending With the Limits of Our Natural World
PART III: Money and Value
7. Coping With Money's Monopoly on Value
8. Reinventing Money's Role in the Economy
PART IV: In Pursuit of a Post-Capitalist Future
9. Compeerists of the World Unite!
10. A Compeerist Society
Conclusion
