Explicit democratic decisions shall be made
…as to what is in and what is out of the Commons, ie – what is commonly held.
Is this about property, or value generation? These simplifications mask the vastness and complexity of human life, and in this episode we explore where common ownership might be effective, and what it takes to make it work.
Talking points:
- What is the commons?
- The Tragedy of the Commons
- …as it relates to the Biosphere
- Enclosure
- …and the commodification of the individual
- …and monopolies
- …and rent paying
- Types of commons
- Eleanor Ostrom’s design principles
- …examples around the world
- Other commons to consider: air, open source software, drugs
- Commons forms as generating more value
- local park problem traced to governance and taxation model
- …and federalism regarding cities etc
- Commons as a means of citizen engagement
- Local action linked to wider system can bring about political progress
- Evolved definition of Commons: resource + community + set of social protocols
- Extra-monetary value derived from commons
- …vs consumerism
- Commons thinking and global resource conflicts
- Thinking forward to the next set of episodes: Democracy and Subsidiarity
Commons Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
Enclosure Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
Tragedy of the Commons on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Eleanor Ostrom’s design principles – wikipedia:
…youtube (2 parts)
plus
Great David Boiller exploration of commons enhancing city life:
3000 year old Persian Qanats and Kariz on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_water_sources_of_Persian_antiquity#Qanat_and_Kariz
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