From the cofounder of Working Assets comes a visionary plan to upgrade capitalism.
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Nov 01, 2008
Michelle
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This is a book that I started reading last year sometime but never finished before it was due back at the library. I enjoyed what I read of it, though, and the concepts that the author introduced have been floating around in my head lately as we experience our current market meltdown and people (myself included) are asking where we should go from here. I'd like to look it up again and actually read the whole thing this time. His main suggestions have to do with creating public trusts in order
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Aug 02, 2011
The Capital Institute
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Barnes writes that today’s capitalism is structurally flawed and these flaws are bringing down the modern economy. By describing and enumerating two previous “versions” of capitalism; 1.0 (past) and 2.0 (present), Barnes is able to demonstrate that a major flaw of contemporary capitalism is a failure to “adequately value and manage the commons.” These public goods, including the atmosphere, water, oceans and other such things that are essential to sustainable human well-being cannot be privatize
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Nov 04, 2009
Juan
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Barnes plantea una readaptación del capitalismo hacia un estilo más "humano", o tal vez debería decir "terrestre". Sobre las ventajas y desventajas de su solución, no puedo decir nada; sí sobre la excelente y rápida pintura que hace del capitalismo, sus fallas y su interacción con la democracia. Lo interesante es que su propuesta consiste mayormente en agregar jugadores a la economía, en lugar de tratar de modificar el sistema preexistente. En este sentido, es mucho menos utó
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Jun 07, 2008
Tram
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Short, pithy, bold - I recommend this. Not all the ideas are fleshed out completely, but that's not the point. It's a smart and creative attempt to think beyond capitalism in the age of ecological disaster.
Aug 30, 2008
This book was recomended by author William deBuys as part of the Rocky Mountain Land Library's "A Reading List For the President Elect: A Western Primer for the Next Administration."
Nov 05, 2009
Faye
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I recommend this book to any one interested in trying to understand why our economic system is failing. The author relates capitalism to a computer operating system in need of repair!
Sep 29, 2008
Ian
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Sounds great to me! We just need to make it happen. By the way, you can find the book online as a free download.
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