COMMONS MAGAZINE
Politics and Government Just as government is needed to help markets function efficiently and fairly, government is also necessary to facilitate a thriving commons – through regulatory oversight, access mandates, taxes and due process. Yet a key point of the commons movement is that government is not the sole means for fulfilling the aspirations of “we the people.”
Pope Francis speaking at the European Parliament last year. (Photo by the European Parliament under a Creative Commons license.)
Major media call it "apocalyptic" and "profoundly pessimistic." While many people find it filled with hope.
Tom Tresser reports from a high-powered conference spelling out a new strategy for raiding the commons
150 years of struggle for minorities to gain power
