Why some goods and services should stay in the public domain
Company as a Commons
What if excess wealth derived from business couldn't be privatized? Through the levers of steward-ownership, companies can protect their purpose-oriented long term mission from the maligned incentives of absentee stakeholders.
In the Public Interest - Report: How privatization increases inequality
Inequality in the United States, which began its most recent rise in the late 1970s, continues to surge in the...
Private-sector Trumpism
Monopoly, facial recognition and property rights all add up to a private system of government.
The Real Retail Killer
How private equity is gouging some of the country’s best-known corporate brands
Public Monopolies Are a Good Thing
Private monopolies are rightly criticized for being inefficient and unaccountable. But public monopolies are a different story — we should loudly and proudly say that democratically controlled public monopolies are a positive good.
Accessible and sustainable transport – Victorian Socialists
Public transport should be public. We’re fighting to reverse the privatisation of transport, make it free, and upgrade regional rail services.
PUBLIC POLICY NETWORKS AND ‘WICKED PROBLEMS’: A NASCENT SOLUTION?
The last two decades have seen a shift in public services organizations from hierarchies to networks. Network forms are seen as particularly suited to handling ‘wicked problems'. We make an assessmen...
Is open source wealth distribution fair?
These concrete value propositions can convince companies to pay open source maintainers.
The Rot Economy
At the center of everything I’ve written for the last few months (if not the last few years), sits a cancerous problem with the fabric of how capital is deployed in modern business. Public and private investors, along with the markets themselves, have become entirely decoupled from the concept of what “good” business truly is, focusing on one metric — one
Unlocking the commons
"The most powerful and interesting media model will remain raising money from members who don't just permit but <em>insist</em> that the product be given away for free."
A Short History of Enclosure in Britain | The Land Magazine
Over the course of a few hundred years, much of Britain's land has been privatized — that is to say taken out of some form of collective ownership and management and handed over to individuals.
Independent Media has an Infrastructural Problem
We need to roll out infrastructures that foster public values and the common good over the market imperatives, writes Agustin Ferrari Braun.
Power: A Primer for Perplexed Economists
Let's Assume an Unfettered Marketplace of Ideas! Or Actually, Let's Not.
This misunderstands the role of private vs. public R&D. Private R&D is great but is connected to R&D tax exemptions, & often doesn't spill out into the public domain. There's a notion we can ramp federal R&D spending down & be competitive. We can’t & we shouldn’t. whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/45470/
OSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific Discovery
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