Describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism.
"Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models o…
Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of…
Chiefly covers Great Britain, but also includes some discussion of several other common law jurisdictions.
Chiefly covers Great Britain, but also includes some discussion of several other common law jurisdictions.
Gerechtigkeit: wie wir das Richtige tun
by Sandel, Michael J., Sandel, Michael J.
fromUllstein
Eine provokante, lebendige und spannende Einführung in die Moralphilosophie - und ein Plädoyer für einen aktiven Bürgersinn. Ist es in Ordnung, wenn Dachdecker nach einem Sturm den Preis für Reparaturen drastisch erhöhen? Warum gilt es als unmoralisch, Leihmütter für das Austrag…
"An exploration of the interplay between social responsibility, entrepreneurship and the common good which is organized into four sections: business and the common good; educating responsible entrepreneurs; corporate social responsibility (CSR) challenges and the common good; an…
Frei, fair und lebendig - die Macht der Commons
by Bollier, David, Helfrich, Silke
fromSozialtheorie
Commons - die Welt gehört uns allen! Die nicht enden wollende globale Finanzkrise zeigt: Markt und Staat haben versagt. Deshalb verwundert es nicht, dass die Commons, die Idee der gemeinschaftlichen Organisation und Nutzung von Gemeingütern und Ressourcen, starken Zuspruch erfah…
Should the idea of economic man--the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus--determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding "no." Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may…