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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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How the FLOK Society Brings a Commons Approach to Ecuador’s Economy

How the FLOK Society Brings a Commons Approach to Ecuador’s Economy | real utopias | Scoop.it
This year Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado, President of the Republic of Ecuador, addressed indigenous communities on the topic of Good Living, or Sumak Kawsay in Kichwa. 
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The FLOK Society Vision of a Post-Capitalist Economy | David Bollier

The FLOK Society Vision of a Post-Capitalist Economy | David Bollier | real utopias | Scoop.it

Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation, has recorded four short videos describing the FLOK Society’s pioneering research project in Ecuador.  FLOK stands for “Free, Libre, Open Knowledge,” and the FLOK Society is a government-sponsored project to imagine how Ecuador might make a strategic transition to a workable post-capitalist knowledge economy. As Research Director of the project, Michel and his team are exploring the practical challenges of making commons-based peer production a widespread, feasible reality as a matter of national policy and law. 

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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation