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Economy and Markets

Conventional economic theory fails to account for the pivotal role of the commons in generating and distributing wealth. It is important to understand the limits of individual property rights and pay attention the wide benefits coming from the commons sector of the economy.

Business Can't Win the Privatization Game Without a Handicap

June 4, 2012 | by David Morris

Private sector depends on public subsidies to compete with public sector

Economic Security Beyond Jobs

February 16, 2012 | by Jay Walljasper

Let's pay dividends to everyone from our common wealth

Biggest Secret in the World Economy

January 29, 2012 | By David Bollier

Cooperatives employ more people than multinational companies

Challenging the Republican's Five Myths on Inequality

January 19, 2012 | By David Morris

The Republican position on inequality rests on five statements, all false.

How One Percent Grabbed So Much of Our Wealth

October 31, 2011 | By Gar Alperovitz

The economic benefits of knowledge-- which belong to us all-- flow to the rich

A Secret Inheritance Is Being Stolen From You Right Now

September 18, 2011 | By Jay Walljasper

Can the American Dream survive the plunder of the common good?

Trusts: A Uniquely Commons Form of Ownership

September 6, 2011 | By Peter Barnes

Not private, not government, they preserve resources for the public good

Good News for the Common Good

April 17, 2013 | By David Morris

4 recent victories strengthen the commons

Yours, Mine & Ours

April 9, 2013 | By Jonathan Rowe

Today's rigid attitudes about property rights break with tradition

Our Hidden Wealth

March 23, 2013 | By Jonathan Rowe

How the commons makes everything else work

To Fix Our Economy, Consult a Book from 1944

March 19, 2013 | By David Bollier

Hungarian economist Karl Polanyi anticipated our economic mess

Land Grabs Spread Throughout Developing World

March 10, 2013 | By Sophia Murphy

Hunger and Human Rights abuses threaten fragile rural communities