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Peer Money
That's the title of today's post at P2P Foundation Blog.
the cost of inputs, even in physical production, is not just a given but itself a dependent variable that can be affected by peer organization.
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The Cultural Pseudomorph and Its Decay
A guest post at P2P Foundation Blog:
According to Lewis Mumford, as well as numerous other proponents of decentralized industry like Pyotr Kropotkin and Ralph Borsodi, the main reason for large-scale factory production was originally to economize on horsepower.
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This Week at C4SS: Is Peak Oil the Solution to Global Warming?
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Sundry Items
Steve Herrick, former editor of Just Things: The Fair Trade Journal of Applied Counter-Economics, is translator of the English version of The Silent Change: Recovered Businesses in Argentina, by Esteban Magnani. He's also starting an interpreters' cooperative (the site is here, but so far they haven't gone registering the domain name--keep an eye on it over the next few weeks).
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This Week at C4SS: Libertarians Against Sprawl
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This Week at C4SS: Gangsters in Blue
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An Open Letter to Keith Preston
A new posting by Keith Prestonjust came to my attention. I followed it to this trackback by Mike Gogulski:
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This Week at C4SS: Copyright Communism?
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The Terror of Constantinople, by Richard Blake
Richard Blake. The Terror of Constantinople (London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2009).
The book, Blake's second, is set in early seventh century Constantinople. Although a play-by-play of all the plot permutations would take up a story's worth of space in its own right, the general outline can be summarized fairly simply.
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Intellectual Property: A Libertarian Critique
That's the title of my quarterly research paper at C4SS.
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Peer Money
That's the title of today's post at P2P Foundation Blog.
the cost of inputs, even in physical production, is not just a given but itself a dependent variable that can be affected by peer organization.
(more)
The Cultural Pseudomorph and Its Decay
A guest post at P2P Foundation Blog:
According to Lewis Mumford, as well as numerous other proponents of decentralized industry like Pyotr Kropotkin and Ralph Borsodi, the main reason for large-scale factory production was originally to economize on horsepower.
(more)
This Week at C4SS: Is Peak Oil the Solution to Global Warming?
(more)
Sundry Items
Steve Herrick, former editor of Just Things: The Fair Trade Journal of Applied Counter-Economics, is translator of the English version of The Silent Change: Recovered Businesses in Argentina, by Esteban Magnani. He's also starting an interpreters' cooperative (the site is here, but so far they haven't gone registering the domain name--keep an eye on it over the next few weeks).
(more)
This Week at C4SS: Libertarians Against Sprawl
(more)
This Week at C4SS: Gangsters in Blue
(more)
An Open Letter to Keith Preston
A new posting by Keith Prestonjust came to my attention. I followed it to this trackback by Mike Gogulski:
(more)
This Week at C4SS: Copyright Communism?
(more)
The Terror of Constantinople, by Richard Blake
Richard Blake. The Terror of Constantinople (London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2009).
The book, Blake's second, is set in early seventh century Constantinople. Although a play-by-play of all the plot permutations would take up a story's worth of space in its own right, the general outline can be summarized fairly simply.
(more)
Intellectual Property: A Libertarian Critique
That's the title of my quarterly research paper at C4SS.
(more)
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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Hubris + Delusion = US Foreign Policy
Problem: War in Iraq is fueling terrorism and Islamic radicalism.
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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?
(more)
An interview with Wendell Berry
A friend just sent me this neat little interview with Wendell Berry in Sun Magazine.
(more)
Back to School
Only godless heathens wouldn't say the pledge of allegiance.
(more)
Amusing Omissions
I wonder how common a practice it is, or how common a desire it is, to ignore the military membership of criminals.
(more)
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 [...]
(more)
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 [...]
(more)
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.
(more)
Bush wags finger at China
The United States opposes China's detention of dissidents and other activists...
(more)
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.
(more)
Hubris + Delusion = US Foreign Policy
Problem: War in Iraq is fueling terrorism and Islamic radicalism.
(more)