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Organization Theory: Latest Chapter Drafts

These are the latest drafts of all sixteen chapters, just uploaded. Not quite in final form yet, but very close.
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Chapter Sixteen Draft: The Social Organization of Distribution, Exchange and Services

The final installment: draft Chapter Sixteen of the organization theory manuscript.

Chapter Sixteen: The Social Organization of Distribution, Exchange and Services
A. Demand-Pull Distribution
B. Local Exchange Systems; Household and Informal Economies
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Chapter Fifteen Draft: The Social Organization of Production

The latest draft chapter in the organization theory manuscript:

Chapter Fifteen. The Social Organization of Production: Cooperatives and Peer Production
Introduction
A. Self-Employment: Increased Productive Efficiency
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Chapter Fifteen Excerpts: Peer Production and the Crisis of Value

Sometime in the next few weeks, I expect to have drafts of the last two chapters of my organization theory manuscript, Fifteen and Sixteen, online.
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Kevin Carson, Public Enemy

Congratulations to Kevin Carson on having at least one work of his,The Ethics of Labor Struggle, seized by police and mentioned in corporate media as notable for a federal judge refusing to order its release.
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Glen Greenwald Chat at The Art of The Possible Wednesday

The Art of the Possibleblogger Mona will be hosting a chat with eminent civil libertarian Glen Greenwaldthis Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. EDT.
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Dean Baker Chat Rescheduled

Unfortunately, economist Dean Bakerwas forced to cancel his scheduled chat at Art of the Possiblea couple of weeks ago because of a family emergency.
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John Medaille: The Political Economy of Distributism

The Political Economy of Distributism
by John Medaille

Chapter I: What's in a Name?
Chapter II: If it Ain't Broke
Chapter III: Political Economy as a Science
Chapter IV: The Purpose of an Economy
Chapter V: Equilibrium, or The Tao of Economics
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Dean Baker Live, in the Chatroom this Wednesday, at Art of the Possible

I have the honor of hosting this week's chat at Art of the Possible. The guest is economist Dean Baker, author of The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Get Rich and Stay Richer, and owner of Beat the Pressblog.
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P2P Foundation Fundraiser

Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation, is trying to raise funds to expand the Foundation's activities. The quality of writing on the P2P Foundation blogis incomparable, and I have relied heavily on material in the P2P Wikion peer production, open source manufacturing, and desktop manufacturing, in writing Chapters Fourteen and
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PROJECT FOR THE NEW ANARCHIST CENTURY

Children and the existence of rights

What about the children? Are they the property of their parents, or are they to be considered as self-owners?
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An interview with Wendell Berry

A friend just sent me this neat little interview with Wendell Berry in Sun Magazine.
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Back to School

Only godless heathens wouldn't say the pledge of allegiance.
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Amusing Omissions

I wonder how common a practice it is, or how common a desire it is, to ignore the military membership of criminals.
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Wealth the Emancipator

From the New York Times comes an interesting story about how the market liberalization of India is benefiting the lower castes, who have been spat on for countless generations. When Chandra Bhan Prasad visits his ancestral village in these feudal badlands of northern India, he dispenses the following advice to his fellow untouchables: Get rid of [...]
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On Conventions

As some of you may know, there is an event going on in the United States called the Democratic National Convention. Occuring every four years, it is a stunning display of banality, stupidity, and money being thrown down a hole by a mixture of rich idiots, special interest groups, and corporations. This is accompanied by [...]
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I'm Dick Cheney and I Approve This Message

It turns out theFox News Network really has been the administration's stealth marketer for the past eight years, relaying prefab packages and passing them off as genuine dispatches and opinion.
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Bush wags finger at China

The United States opposes China's detention of dissidents and other activists...
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Ron Paul Breaks Single-Day Fundraising Record

LOS ANGELES - Presidential longshot Ron Paul beat the one-day fundraising record Monday afternoon when a special pledge drive yielded over $3 million in an 18-hour period.
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Ehren Watada, the Real Hero

Now, I'm not a gooshy type that tears up at grand proclamations of principle, but this guy has balls and I am really amazed at his intellect and clarity. Fuck the douchebags occupying Iraq -- Watada is the hero.
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