Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work (BK Currents) by Bill McKibben

Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work (BK Currents)

Bill McKibben
144 pages
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Apr 2013
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Why We Need the CommonsA huge part of our economy is invisible, invaluable, and under siege. This is “the commons,” a term that denotes everything we share. Some parts of the commons are gifts of nature: the air and oceans, the web of species, wilderness, and watersheds. Others are the product of human creativity and endeavor: sidewalks and public spaces, the Internet, our languages, cultures, and technologies. Jonathan Rowe illuminates the scale and value of the commons, its symbiotic relationship with the rest of our economy, its importance to our personal and planetary well-being, and how it is threatened by privatization and neglect. He unifies many seemingly disparate struggles—against pollution, excessive development, corporate marketing to children, and more—with the force of this powerful idea.
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Pages 144
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publ...
Published 2013
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