http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:28:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2008/01/05/the-terror-worm-part-iii/ http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/12/10/the-terro-worm-part-ii/ http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/11/28/the-terror-worm-part-i/ http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/11/05/who-killed-my-mom/ Before those factory owners had their way, life and work were all home based. In the new digital world, we can resurrect the best of that. Of course we need alternative energy and new green technologies. But the most compelling and far reaching response to the climate crisis is to ... http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/05/16/the-real-road-to-green-dont-reduce-distribute/ The European car rental was even more bizarre. I kept telling the platinum rep what I wanted to do, and they said it was no problem. Then they would connect me with an outsourced employee who consistently told me that they couldn't help me. In one case, a man answered ... http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/04/29/the-new-science-of-trust/ The Bush regime has pushed institutionalized lying and corruption to new levels, with consequences that make Watergate and the Nixon sleazebags look like the good old days, when we were still innocent enough to feel outrage. A just released Observer poll shows that about half of Britons consider Blair to ... http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/04/09/markets-for-trust/ Since the publication of our book, there has been plenty that follows this dismal trajectory. THe response to Hurricane Katrina symbolized all of it. The aggressive indifference of leaders and agencies to the crisis and suffering of so many individuals was surely some kind of turning point, at least in ... http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/04/03/alone-together/ http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/03/26/psychological-self-determination-3d-2/ The new model emphasizes the distribution, rather than the concentration, of assets—people, information, authority, technology and so on. Economic value is now understood as distributed in the unmet needs of each individual: It is lodged in their hearts and minds, living rooms and kitchens. Value is "realized" in relationships of ... http://supporteconomy.freedomlab.org/2007/03/25/the-consumer-is-queen/