Carol M. Rose, Yale Law School: ‘The Comedy of the Commons: Commerce,
Custom, and Inherently Public Property’ http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/1828/
A play on the phrase tragedy of the commons. In the tragedy of the
commons, each person tries to maximize their own benefit, and the end
result is that everyone loses because of overutilization of limited
resources. In the comedy of the commons, each person, while getting
something for themselves, also (directly or indirectly) contributes
back to the common good at the same time. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=comedy%20of%20the%20commons
“The countereffect of the tragedy of the anticommons, the increased
usefulness of a resource as the result of many individuals using it,
has been dubbed the “Comedy of the Commons” by Carol M. Rose in a 1987
article that appeared in the University of Chicago Law Review.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_anticommons)
HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, takes direct aim at the
commons: in an ad published in the Economist. “In the future, the food
chain and the supply chain will merge,” trumpets the headline over
this image of a fish. “In tomorrow’s global economy, every resource
will be counted.”
They look forward to the day when in the whole world is commodified—
down to the last fish in the sea. That means the end of the
commons. Everything is someone’s private property, valued solely by
the price it can fetch in the marketplace. That sends a shiver down
our spines.
M.Hardt: Production and distribution of the common. A few questions
for the artist. http://classic.skor.nl/article-4111-en.html
According to Michael Hardt, the production of the common is the most
important economic mainspring in a time in which immaterial and
biopolitical production are dominant. By connecting economics,
politics and aesthetics and analysing their relations, Hardt arrives
at questions concerning the role of the artist and the meaning of his
or her work in the distribution of the common.
Serge Latouche:
*PDF*: http://potrc.org/b/latouche
Serge Latouche: Declaration of Degrowth
Serge Latouche, Why less should be so much more; Degrowth economics
Serge Latouche, How do we learn to want less? The globe downshifted
Serge Latouche, On Ecological Utopias
Serge Latouche, Sustainable Development as Paradox
“one day everything will be free”
Recomm. Valentina Karga: a free publication of the “one day
everything will be free” which is a research project of a friend of
mine when he was research curator at SALT, Joseph Martinez. It is very
good and has many interviews with artists. You can download the free
reader here: http://saltonline.org/en/265
