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fictional expectations

[...] modern capitalism is always a space of fictions and myths. As explored by the German sociologist Jens Beckert, commercial activity is constantly reliant on what he terms 'fictional expectations' - that debts will be paid, business plans realised, consumers be satisfied, all in line with certa…

—p.151 IPPR Progressive Review 25(2) Imagining real world utopias (149) by William Davies
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making tomorrow's battles winnable

The much used word "strategy" is not understood as the step-by-step removal of constraints (administrative, political, economic) so as to make an insoluble problem soluble. There is a confusion between winning today's battles, which is one thing and making tomorrow's battles winnable, which is quit…

—p.146 There is no alternative: Strategies for economic transformation (137) missing author
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economic power shifting eastwards

[...] We are unprepared for the coming decade of disruption. Globalisation is likely to continue to evolve, with economic power shifting eastwards. [...]

—p.135 Time for Change (133) by Tom Kibasi
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an alternative to contemporary intellectual property

[...] In the Information Age, access to and control over knowledge and ideas has become a potent new source of power.

Like nature, existing nature is a commons that has been built up over millennia. Its opportunity cost is zero which means that its price should in theory also be zero. But in mod…

—p.128 Searching for an alternative economic model (114) by Anastasia Nesvetailova, Carlota Pérez, Dani Rodrik, Diane Perrons, Donald J. Harris, Laurie Macfarlane
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