Postcapitalism and the city - 0 views
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bullshit jobs
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Capitalism’s response mechanisms
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a) to maximise capacity utilisation of low-skilled labour and of assets.
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Connecting the Dots 8: The Commons as the Response to the Structural Crises of the Glob... - 0 views
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In our contribution, we want to stress the key importance of what we call a “value regime,” or simply put, the rules that determine what society and the economy consider to be of value. We must first look at the underlying modes of production — i.e. how value is created and distributed — and then construct solutions must that help create these changes in societal values. The emerging answer for a new mode of value creation is the re-emergence of the Commons.
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In our view, the dominant political economy has three fatal flaws.
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Pseudo-Abundance
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Book of the Day: Funding an Economy of Civic Spaces in the Cooperative City through Com... - 0 views
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Funding the Cooperative City focuses on the post-welfare transition of today’s European societies: with austerity measures and the financialisation of real estate stocks and urban services, the gradual withdrawal of the state and municipal administrations from providing certain facilities and maintaining certain spaces have prompted citizen initiatives and professional groups to organise their own services and venues.
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The self-organisation of new spaces of work, culture and social welfare was made possible by various socio-economic circumstances: unemployment, solidarity networks, changing real estate prices and ownership patters created opportunities for stepping out of the regular dynamisms of real estate development.
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cooperative ownership
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