Economy

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Shift Change Trailer from ShiftChange.orgArticle on the town of Mondragon's co-op.Ultimately, it is best for entrepreneurial individuals not to be tied into a system like this. On the other hand, this may be a good model for "ministry" within the network and among the unnumbered.
6 min video about a tomato company that apparently has no bosses/bureaucracy/politics.No details of how this works on a practical level. It just seems like a good thing to add to the archives for future reference. Perhaps a PCM or future COR in California can take a field trip.


Video: The Case for Collaborative Consumption

SignHolding

RealMoney

The Problem

The Secret of Oz - Winner, Best Documentary of 2010 (2 Hours)

The Money Masters - Full-Length (3hrs 19m)


Industry

Free Images

WikiHouse - 3D printed housing

Global Village Construction Set

WikiSpeed - Open Source Car

3D Printing Resources

Agile Hardware Design Video - Joe Justice of WikiSpeed speaking about how the Agile model from the software world can be adapted to improve any type of manufacturing.

Money

In 1980 a man named F. Tupper Saussy wrote a book called "Miracle on Main Street" where he advocated returning to a precious metal economy. His forward vision and some of his predictions have come true. Here is a website with the book in PDF: Miracle on Main Street

Forbes article on the success of the Indo-American community in Edison, NJ financing each other's businesses.

VIDEO: TEDx - Life Is Easy by Jon Jandi - 15 min

Business

Emerging Social Tools

Computing on the Cheap