I really enjoyed the excellent work of Rutger Bregman on utopias (reviewed here). Let's focus on his point on how …
Post-work: Can We and Should We?
Readers know my answer, but what do you think? [Be great to hear your views]. Here’s my blog-sized case for “yes and …
Recent After Capitalism Scanning Ain’t Pretty
I continue to lightly scan for After Capitalism even though I’m heavy into the writing phase. I periodically check in to …
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Sustainable Commons or Circular Commons?
Decision time! For at least the last few years I’ve been referring to the environmentally-driven image of After …
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Imperatives of Capitalism
I’ve been working on the growth, enclosure, and monetization ideas that are central challenges addressed by the …
How many varieties of capitalism?
I was reading a story about rainbow capitalism and it struck me that new varieties of capitalism seem to spring up …
Values Shifts the Key to After Capitalism?
I think so! As I get closer to the end and conclusions are dancing around in head, more and more I’m in some sense …
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Analyzing After Capitalism Images
It’s finally getting close, as I get to the penultimate chapter of Imagining After Capitalism which covers the Horizon 3 …
Five challenges to “jobs are required”
The After Capitalism work requires challenging myths, assumptions, and beliefs that will be uncomfortable to let go of. …
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Three challenges to “economic growth is required”
The After Capitalism work requires challenging myths, assumptions, and beliefs that will be uncomfortable to let go of. …
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Technology and After Capitalism
NOTE: Longer-than-typical post as I try to briefly summarize the impact of accelerating technology change on After …
“Final” After Capitalism Concepts
Nine years of multiple starts and stops (more stops), hundreds of scan hits, dozens of books, 84 blog posts, uncountable …
Alter-Worlds
The newly added “Alter-Worlds” concept of After Capitalism comes from Shaw and Waterstone's manifesto “Wageless Life.” …
Visions of the future over time
Back in 1995, influential economist Robert Heilbroner was given the opportunity to look at the role of visions in …
Directory of After Capitalism Blog Posts
I am [finally] get closer to finishing the book. I thought it would to useful to gather and review the blog posts I've …
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After Capitalism Drivers
Do you want to play a game? (yes, a Saw reference) While I’ve continued scanning for the After Capitalism book, a few …
Capitalism in Context
And [finally] some thoughts on Volume 3, The Perspective of the World from Braudel’s Civilization and Capitalism series …
Capitalism coming full circle?
Some thoughts on Volume 2, The Wheels of Commerce from Braudel’s Civilization and Capitalism series (post on Volume 1) …
Pre-capitalism and post-capitalism
Braudel’s Civilization and Capitalism three-volume series has been in my “to-read” pile for many years. I’d heard many …
Avoiding Used Futures in After Capitalism
Part of my goal in putting together the After Capitalism research into a book (admittedly going too slowly!) is identify …
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Algorithms, Big Data, and the perfect sneaker
[insert rant] We have a perfect flow of information in a perfect market to make just the precise transactions whenever, …
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After Capitalism Concepts
The After Capitalism research started by collecting interesting “new or next economy” concepts. They’ve been analyzed, …
The Gig Dichotomy: Gigging because we want to or have to?
I was working my way through the Horizon 2 transition concepts for After Capitalism when a wonderful listserv …
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Why create visions or images?
We had a nice discussion on the APF list last week that started out on the gig economy and ended up exploring ideas for …
Prosperity without Growth
This week we follow up on Degrowth with Prosperity without Growth from Professor Tim Jackson. It’s a different take in …
Degrowth: A Growing Issue in the Future?
Is it okay yet to talk about degrowth in polite society or mixed company? Alas, I think it is quite okay in postmodern …
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After Capitalism video
For those who prefer video, or listening, I’m posting a video summary of my After Capitalism ideas. It was recorded as …
After Capitalism Visions Taking Shape
Small steps forward. It’s helpful in research to step back everyone once in and while and assess or re-assess where you …
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Abundance: Tech to the Rescue
The title says it all: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. If you’re a true believer in technology …
Reformation or Transformation
A key question that has consistently informed the research and books that I’ve been going through in this “After …