Eric S. Raymond is a programmer who wrote "The Cathedral and the Bazaar":
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
It includes an economic explanation of why open-source programming works, "The Magic Cauldron":
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/magic-cauldron/index....
He addresses the "Tragedy of the Commons'' here:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/magic-cauldron/ar01s0...
Economic Angle
Maureen,
I noticed your gentle prods on this earlier, I think it is an excellent topic.
I'm working on a rough report on KCNN. There are a lot of good things to find there that go to this topic, there should be something on that part in what I submit, (I'm interested in exploring this more too). That'll be on the crowdsourced journalism pages probably. Hopefully later this morning.
Dawn
Thanks, Dawn.
I'm glad someone else is interested.
I think Lauren is going to get an editor for economics overall.
here's that report ..
There's a link at the bottom in the text to that 'module' addressing the economic angle, I like how they break it down, but hardly got a look at it yet.
KCNN: Knight Citizen News Network
"I think Lauren is going to get an editor for economics overall." -
That sounds like a good idea. Hopefully someone who is familiar with the 'gift economy' concept and not an Adam Smith clone, someone aware that economics is exchange & distribution, resources include health (all applications of that word), biodiversity, air, water, sustainability, people. Someone not overly anthropocentrically oriented, welded to terms of possession & private property, someone comfy with working with the full economic spectrum not "just money" etcetera etcetera. Someone who is 'eco=eco' friendly --bla bla!
I guess there has to be an editor for every topic area. I'm wondering if we can get an environment category going somewhere in here.