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Brian Bergstrom, Kohei Saito: Slow Down (Astra House) 5 stars

Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to …

commons cannot co-exist with capitalism. If everyone already has what they need to support their lifestyles, commodities won't sell in the marketplace. No one would take the trouble to make purchases if they don't have to. So the commons ended up thoroughly divided via the process of enclosure, converted completely into exclusionary private property. The result is what I call 'the tragedy of the commodity, in opposition to Hardin's famous tragedy of the commons.

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