The Other Economy
The Gift
On how gifts circulate and grow through obligation and community, while commodities end in isolated exchange and silence
The Other Economy
On how gifts circulate and grow through obligation and community, while commodities end in isolated exchange and silence
The Other Economy
On how communities sustainably govern shared resources through inclusion, accountability, and proportional sanctions—from fisheries to Wikipedia
The Other Economy
On how economic models can embed both planetary boundaries and social thresholds, transforming vague environmental concern into measurable constraint and redistribution imperative
The Other Economy
On the seven institutional securities the postwar labor compromise provided, their systematic dismantling, and what political possibility remains in precarious workers' justified anger
The Other Economy
On why absolute decoupling from GDP growth is empirically implausible, and how planned contraction might protect human welfare while reducing material throughput
The Other Economy
On how cooperative enterprise distributes power and surplus through democratic governance, challenging capitalism's concentration of both