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UNINA9910791021503321 |
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Autore |
Barnes Peter |
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Titolo |
Capitalism 3.0 : a guide to reclaiming the commons |
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[Place of publication not identified], : Berrett Koehler, 2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 pages) |
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Collana |
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A BK currents book Capitalism 3.0 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Commons - United States |
Privatization - United States |
Capitalism - United States |
Business & Economics |
Real Estate, Housing & Land Use |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Time to upgrade -- A short history of capitalism -- The limits of government -- The limits of privatization -- Reinventing the commons -- Trusteeship of creation -- Universal birth rights -- Sharing culture -- Building the commons sector -- What you can do. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The commons — those creations of nature and society we inherit together and must preserve for our children — is under siege. Our current version of capitalism — the corporate, globalized version 2.0 — is rapidly squandering this heritage. Now, Peter Barnes offers a solution: protect the commons by giving it property rights and strong institutional managers. Barnes shows how capitalism — like a computer — is run by an operating system. Our current operating system gives too much power to profit-maximizing corporations that devour the commons and distribute most of their profits to a sliver of the population. And government — which in theory should defend the commons — is all too often a tool of those very corporations. Barnes proposes a revised operating system — Capitalism 3.0 — that protects the commons while preserving the many strengths of capitalism as we know it. His major innovation is the commons trust, a market based legal entity with the power to limit the use of scare commons, charge rent, and pay dividends — in both cash and services — to everyone. In |
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Barnes' vision, an array of commons trusts would institutionalize our obligations to future generations, fellow citizens, and nature. Once established, they'd use markets and property rights to create a better world for us all. Capitalism 3.0 offers a practical alternative to our current flawed economic system. It points the way to a future in which we can retain capitalism's virtues while mitigating its vices. |
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