COMMONS MAGAZINE
Politics and Government Just as government is needed to help markets function efficiently and fairly, government is also necessary to facilitate a thriving commons – through regulatory oversight, access mandates, taxes and due process. Yet a key point of the commons movement is that government is not the sole means for fulfilling the aspirations of “we the people.”
Detroit's recovery will lose ground if thousands of people are run out of their homes after the city shuts off the water.(Photo by S.J. Carey under a Creative Commons license)
Thousands of people face water shut-offs as part of privatization strategy
It's time for Occupy actions to branch out into the neighborhoods
Having lost the political fights for strong banking regulation, we commoners face a lose-lose scenario -- massive bailouts or economic collapse.