David Bollier — The New Economic Events Giving Lie to the Fiction That We Are All Selfish, Rational Materialists

On the development of the politics and economics of the commons going on under the radar of mainstream focus. David Bollier riffs off Jeremy Rifkin's new book, The Zero Marginal Cost Society.

"Commoning" has been increasing in scale since the Sixties, and it is well developed now. Yet most people are unaware of it unless they or friend and acquaintances participate in it. Nor is it required to drop out to participate. All that is needed is to tune in. There are plenty of defectors in place already participating in commoning in some way or other. Those committed to self-sufficiency know the value of community and that the commons is indispensable unless one inherits great wealth.

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The New Economic Events Giving Lie to the Fiction That We Are All Selfish, Rational Materialists
David Bollier