Barnes, co-founder of Working Assets, has written a provocative book, Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons, suggesting that the operating system of capitalism must be upgraded if our planet is to survive.
- Who owns the sky? Air? Water? Airwaves? Culture?
- Who has the right to extract value from the commons?
- Who has the right to externalize pollutants into the commons?
- Should people rise up and force governments to create resource trusts to manage the commons for the good of the people and for succeeding generations?
- How might trusts for the commons work?
Such are the questions Barnes asks. Very interesting book. You can download the book for free. Or, get a sense of it at Barnes's blog.
Comments