Discussions on the Future of the Economy

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Introduction

This is a series of teleconference sessions on the future of our economy. In this informal microconference, we will be discussing key ideas on how to transform our economic infrastructure for the sustainable future. Due to the strong coupling between a proper treatment of this topic with necessary insight into current and future technological trends, this area has been poorly explored by mainstream economists, and will blossom with interdisciplinary perspectives.

Location and Time

(in progress)

It is organized as a series of sessions during the first week of August (night or morning to accommodate timezones in Thailand, East Coast USA, Korea, West Coast USA - in the order from least to most flexible due to count). Location is Google+ hangout. There are many interested people suggesting to keep the discussion going a continuing basis, in the format of a 2 hour weekly session - we can announce that after the first meeting is successful.


People

(we’ve hit the limit in num of people in G+ hangout - multiple sessions required if we want to accommodate more people who've expressed interest):

  • Mr Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation
  • Dr Marvin T. Brown, Professor, author of "Civilizing the Economy"
  • Dr Adam Arvidsson, Professor, author of "Ethical Economy"
  • Dr Christian Arnsperger, Professor, Economist, Eco-transitions
  • Dr James Hughes, Executive Director for Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies
  • Dr Mark D. Whitaker, Socio-economist.
  • Dr Meera Sitharam, Professor, Complexity expert
  • Dr Linda Hermer, Neuroscientist, studying Healthcare Policy
  • Dr Amit Dhurandhar, Machine Learning researcher at IBM
  • Mohamad Tarifi, PhD candidate in Computer Science


Topics

Please feel free to add new sessions, topics, modify existing ones, or otherwise change anything you want. I will act as moderator, but I think it’s better if you lead specific topics. Please write your name next to the topic(s) you wish to lead:

  • Session 1: Economics of abundance and scarcity.
    • Automation and work (Lead by: Mohamad Tarifi)
    • Environmental impact


  • Session 2: Possibilities for Society
    • Top-down, Bottom-up, P2P organization
    • Philosophical, Environmental, Ethical considerations
    • The role of Technology


  • Session 3: Currency systems
    • Scarcity based systems: traditional, bitcoin, the terra
    • Abundance based systems: ripplepay, community hours
    • Public commons


  • Session 4: Transition challenges
    • Political, Social and Economic barriers
    • Proposed solutions


  • Session 5: Open discussion


Pre-Reading list:

List of short introductory material:

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