{"product_id":"9781605091648","title":"Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons","description":"The commons — those creations of nature and society we inherit together and must preserve for our children — is under siege. Our current version of capitalism — the corporate, globalized version 2.0 — is rapidly squandering this heritage. Now, Peter Barnes offers a solution: protect the commons by giving it property rights and strong institutional managers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnes shows how capitalism — like a computer — is run by an operating system. Our current operating system gives too much power to profit-maximizing corporations that devour the commons and distribute most of their profits to a sliver of the population. And government — which in theory should defend the commons — is all too often a tool of those very corporations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnes proposes a revised operating system — Capitalism 3.0 — that protects the commons while preserving the many strengths of capitalism as we know it. His major innovation is the commons trust, a market based legal entity with the power to limit the use of scare commons, charge rent, and pay dividends — in both cash and services — to everyone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Barnes' vision, an array of commons trusts would institutionalize our obligations to future generations, fellow citizens, and nature. Once established, they'd use markets and property rights to create a better world for us all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCapitalism 3.0 offers a practical alternative to our current flawed economic system. It points the way to a future in which we can retain capitalism's virtues while mitigating its vices.","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151335112944,"sku":"9781605091648","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605091648_p0.jpg?v=1763830121","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605091648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}