System Change Made Simple
A phrase often used at climate actions is ‘system change not climate change’. This podcast explores that idea. What kind of system are we living with now? How do systems of exploitation come about? What options for a new system make sense? How could we make system change happen? Join me as I explore these questions. Get excited as we work out how we might make a fresh start. It could be a good idea to start with the first of these podcasts 'Capitalism: A Ghost Story' from July 4th 2022 and go on from there.
System Change Made Simple
The gift economy and the anthropologists
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The post-capitalist gift economy is explained and proposed in my book 'System Change for a Liveable Future' (Mayfly 2025). Here I am looking at an appendix in that book. I am considering what the anthropologists have to say about non-market economies in pre-class societies. How did gifts function as a means of exchange in these communities? What lessons can we draw from this history?