Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons [Paperback]

A new world based on fairness, participation, accountability is closer than you thinkif you learn to think like a commoner

The biggest tragedy of the commons is the misconception that commons are failures-relics from another era rendered unnecessary by the Market and State. Think Like a Commoner dispels such prejudices by explaining the rich history and promising future of the commons-an ageless paradigm of cooperation and fairness that is re-making our world.

With graceful prose and dozens of fascinating stories, Bollier describes the quiet revolution that is pioneering practical forms of self-governance and production controlled by people themselves.Think Like a Commonerexplains how the commons:

• Is an exploding field of DIY innovation ranging from Wikipedia and seed-sharing to community forests and collaborative consumption, and beyond
• Challenges the standard narrative of market economics by explaining how cooperation generates significant value and human fulfillment
• Provides a framework of law and social action that can help us move beyond the pathologies of neoliberal capitalism.

We have a choice: Ignore the commons and suffer the ongoing private plunder of our common wealth. OrThink Like a Commonerand learn how to rebuild our society and reclaim our shared inheritance. This accessible, comprehensive introduction to the commons will surprise and enlighten you, and provoke you to action.

• Co-op available
• National Radio Campaign
• Promoted toAmerican Prospect, Mother Jones, The Progressive, The Nation and Boing Boing
• Email promotion to commons associations such as Sharable.net, Creative Commons, On the Commons, Centre for a New Economy, participants of the Economics and the Commons conference and contributors to the anthology,The Weatlh of the Commonswho are among the leading commons activists in the world.
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