First Word
Commoning against collapse
On 7th December 1972, Harrison Schmitt took an image of the Earth from Apollo 17 on its way to the Moon that has become one of the most reproduced images
Column
From Reserves to Repression
Frances Coppola examines how a biblical tale of famine, taxation, and power reveals the roots of economic shock tactics and the perilous slide into repression. Forget economic textbooks. Religion is
Fences around the picnic
Our regular columnist, Verity, is attending an international conference, so we are pleased to welcome back Miss Ettie Kett, expert in modern manners, whose new book, ‘Thank You, please’, will
Interviews
Common grievance
Guy Standing shares with The Mint his uncommon understanding of a fundamental political issue that pervades history to the present day. When Guy Standing speaks about the commons, he doesn’t
The nurture nature argument
Samantha Power directs the think-and-do tank, the BioFi Project, which seeks to reimagine how capital flows can support place-based biocultural regeneration. The Mint spoke with Power about her critique of
On commons ground
Let’s move beyond socialism and capitalism: we need something with more in commons – David Bollier talks to The Mint. When David Bollier talks about “the commons,” he is not
Articles
Time to go clubbing
The Mint editor, Henry Leveson-Gower, describes how joining the club could raise the tempo of environmental regeneration. Earlier this year, a group of farmers who had formed under the banner
Trump risks a ‘gold rush’ on the high seas
The United States has neither moral nor legal right to minerals found in the deep ocean. If it tries to take them, others will too. Guy Standing writes. Among the
Commons threaded
Can commoning be woven into the fabric of the era of post-responsibility corporations? Maisie McCarthy sees a pluralistic light ahead. It’s no surprise that with Trump in, ESG is out.
Fear economy
Lynne Davis argues that only solidarity can break its grip. On my worldly adventures – perhaps born more of curiosity than any grand trends – I am meeting more and
All together now
Dil Green identifies what’s needed for commoning to keep the beat. Commons is a term which gets bandied about – sometimes very loosely, on other occasions rather specifically. I try
The missing middle
Wolfram Elsner looks at the economics in the space between individuals and nations. For decades, economics has been dominated by two lenses: the micro, which focuses on individual agents, and
A few too many?
Is it time to call time on pub closures in the UK? J Mark Dodds warns that we are losing more than our place at the bar. Once the heart
Bioeconomically speaking
Sofia Casas warns of another shade of greenwash. With COP-30 approaching this November in Belém – in the heart of the Amazon – the term “bioeconomy” has become a powerful
Waves of old ways
David Barkin looks at the swell of ancestral community measures across the Global South to address climate change issues. On a cool evening in Oaxaca, Mexico, the town’s plaza fills
More than a buzzword?
Anders Hayden charts the rise of a concept of an economy focused on human needs and sustainability, and warns of its vulnerability to being co-opted by the mainstream as a
A whiff of betrayal
Jia-Ren Tan charts how the Malaysian state has plundered the fruits of the labours of the country’s family farms. In April 2025, state enforcement officers arrived in Raub—a highland town