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\"[image: <\/a>The Internet we’ve been waiting for is now available for pre-order\u2014or, at least, a book about it. For the past couple of years, New School professor Trebor Scholz and I have been working the support and build a movement to develop more democratic, fair, and accountable ownership models for the online economy. We organized a conference<\/a>, traveled the world, and mapped the ecosystem<\/a>. We also edited a book, with about 60 phenomenal contributors, from Harvard’s Yochai Benkler and Boston College’s Juliet Schor to filmmaker Astra Taylor and Frontline<\/em> star Douglas Rushkoff. It’s not quite out yet\u2014I’m dealing with the page proofs this week\u2014but it’ll be shipping by next month from OR Books, a publisher that has built a platform-monopoly-busting business model in its own right.<\/p>\n

Order your copy today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Momentum is building. Just last week, UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn issued a manifesto<\/a> that explicitly calls for creating platform co-ops. We hope that this book will help show that online democracy is both a live option and a moral necessity.<\/p>\n

Cooperative advantages<\/h2>\n

\"[image:Photo <\/a>I’ve been continuing to follow a bunch of different leads along the cutting edge of economic democracy. In The Nation<\/em> this week, read about Denver’s 800-driver taxi cooperative<\/a> vying to turn Uber’s disruption into a push for worker ownership. If they keep<\/p>\n

\"[image:Photo <\/a>Meanwhile, in the September issue of Vice<\/em>, I return as economics columnist with a report on Enspiral<\/a>, a remarkable co-working network based in Wellington, New Zealand, which shows how trust can become not only a cooperative advantage, but a competitive one. If you missed it, also, I recently reported for Vice<\/em><\/a> about the latest on ColoradoCare, the controversial ballot proposal poised to bring cooperative, universal medical coverage to all the state’s residents\u2014now, with the help of Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n

Utterances<\/h2>\n

Upcoming talks and trips:<\/p>\n