Articles by Emily Kawano – Open Democracy

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Seven Ways to Build the Solidarity Economy
Emily Kawano – Open Democracy, 10 Sep 2018

4 Sep 2018 – Capitalism nurtures competitive, calculating, and self-interested values and behavior, but Elinor Ostrom (who won a Nobel prize for her work on the commons) and others have documented how community-managed resources like forests, fisheries, pasturelands and water can be managed more efficiently, sustainably and equitably than those in private hands, provided that there are rules and enforcement mechanisms to prevent anyone from taking unfair advantage.

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