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The Gift Economy in Mali

July 27, 2009

Other Worlds explores "just economy" alternatives around the world.

Why Karl Polanyi Still Matters

February 24, 2009

It's a ripe moment to dust off "The Great Transformation" and its anthropological critique of "self-regulating markets."

The Household as Commons

January 12, 2009

Why do co-occupants favor gift-exchange over contracts, and consensus over majority rule?

Lessons from Indian Potlatch?

December 19, 2008

Michel Bauwens and the Peer Production Economy

December 12, 2008

A visionary looks at the kind of new society that online sharing is creating.

From Whence Does Creativity Emerge?

November 26, 2008

Lewis Hyde explores the nether zone between identity and community.

"The Gift" Turns 25

April 28, 2008

Lewis Hyde's modern classic about creativity and the gift economy is re-released.

Lewis Hyde

Submitted by Lewis Hyde on February 21, 2008 - 2:00am

Uncommon Commoner:

Author of The Gift and Trickster Makes the World; poet, essayist, Kenyon College professor.

Location:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Website:

http://www.kenyon.edu/x8146.xml

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Robert Frank

Submitted by admin on February 21, 2008 - 2:00am

Uncommon Commoner:

Cornell University economist and theorist of social cooperation

Location:

Ithaca, New York

Website:

http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty/profiles/frank

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Politics and Government

Edgar Cahn

Submitted by Edgar Cahn on February 21, 2008 - 2:00am

Uncommon Commoner:

Time Dollars Institute; coauthor of Time Dollars.

Location:

Washington, D.C.

Website:

http://www.law.udc.edu/faculty/bios/ecahn.html

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