From Utopia to Everywhere
Worker-owned cooperatives are growing as an alternative business model that puts workers in control. And they are getting a lot more organized than in the recent past, turning local networks into...
View ArticleNotes from the International Commons Conference
Where do conservative urbanists, liberal activists, and free culture advocates congregate? Last week it was in Berlin at the first ever International Commons Conference (ICC) held by the Commons...
View ArticleThis Week in Sharing
With Occupy Everything in full swing, each week is more exciting than the last, and it's harder and harder to stay on top of all the sharing news. Luckily we have a weekly links post to keep our...
View ArticleHack The Law
On Sunday, April 15, Brooklyn Law School’s Incubator and Policy Clinic (BLIP) hosted its first “Legal Hackathon.” Describing lawyers as “traditionally conservative wallflowers and naysayers,” Jonathan...
View ArticleSharing Economy Takes Center Stage at LeWeb London
2013 has been a breakout year for the sharing economy. It made the cover of Forbes and the Economist, was covered by Good Morning America and now, LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech conference, has made...
View ArticleMais Oui, We Share
To judge by OuiShare Fest, the future is going to be collaborative–and a whole lot of fun. A crowd of 600 mostly 20-somethings from across Europe gathered to network, learn, and party, I think in that...
View ArticleReRoute: Empowering Young Leaders in the New Economy
Earlier this month, I participated in a three-day convergence of young people passionate about building a just and sustainable economy. Organized by the New Economics Institute (NEI), this convergence...
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