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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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