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Practical Post-Capitalist Living
The Post-Capitalist Enterprise
The Philosophy of Post-Capitalism
Being Clear about Capitalism
Helping Capitalism on Its Way
Personal Aspects of the Post-Capitalist Enterprise
The Corporation
A Bit of Universal History
The Universe is around 13.8 billion years old The Earth is around 4 billion years old I can't find a reliable date for the first Homo Sapiens - but
Housing
How to set up a Post-Capitalist Enterprise
Capitalism and Spirituality
In the early middle ages, the Catholic Church was a major force in the UK, owning much of the land. And, even after the split from Rome, so that Henr
Food
Alternate Futures
Infrastructure
How Pervasive is Capitalism?
Capitalism can be seen as just the system of business - the rest of society being governed by our great "democratic" system. I think that Capitalis
Capitalism relative to other isms
There has been a succession of big "systems" in the history of humanity. In the last millenium in Europe we have had the dominance of the Aristocracy
Revolution
There's an idea that somehow there could be a revolution. Like perhaps the French revolution or the Communist revolution. Or the 1968 French revolut
Educating Everyone
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Health
What would Victory look like?
It is very tempting to imagine a future where the Capitalist system suddenly "gets" what the problem is and stops behaving like that. But, as Upton S
Direct Confrontation
This is the basic strategy used by many activists. And you can understand why their frustration with an unthinking, monolithic and uncaring Capitalis
The Consequences for People
Henry George and the Land
Henry George used to be a famous economist. His book - Progress and Poverty - was written in the late 1800s as a response to the their reccession and
The Environmental Consequences
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A Brief History
Early Companies were like the UK New River Company - 1606. Which built the New River from Hertfordshire through Islington to supply London's growing
Assembling the Team
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Illegal Drugs
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Squats
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Dealing with the money
The first and key point is that you have to take personal responsibility for the money - bankers and accountants offer advice about how to set up a bu
Global Infectious Diseases
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Its Simplifying Assumptions
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Wars and Armed Conflict
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Hexayurts
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Why its Values are so focused on The Money
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Poverty
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An attempt at a transitional software company
Growing a Tribal Software Company with Integrity - featured in the Tribes casebook book - page 20. What had driven me up the wall with many compani
Affluenza
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Chemical Pollution
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The Opportunities
In the long term, pretty much every type of business needs to be rethought so that it starts to make sense for people and planet. It's pretty clear h
Unhelpful Education
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Water Deficits
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Skills that could be useful
It is important not to dismiss the way that mainstream business works. It is very effective at getting things done - it is also very good at organisi
Increasing Natural Disasters
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Deforestation
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UK Company Types that you might use
Sole Trader (like a market trader) is a personal status and is not actually a company. Private Company Limited by Shares - the usual company. Plenty
Unfair Labour rules
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Fisheries Depletion
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Checklist to ensure Enterprise is Post-Capitalist
This list is extracted from the other notes and doesn't try to justify each one. It's also not a list you need to follow - just some ideas! * don't
Unfair Intellectual Property rules
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Biodiversity and Eco-system Loss
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Organisation Structures
One of the mistakes that conventional business makes is to run as a hierarchy - MD at the top, Directors, Managers, Workers. This is a mistake becaus
Unfair Trade Rules
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Global Warming
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Refining the idea
It's actually pretty easy to have good ideas about new enterprises - the difficulty is turning the idea into a really practical business model that su