Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.

@commonscapitalism
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Proud neurodivergent father to one autistic transgender daughter, one heterosexual son, and one gay son.

Advocate of Commons Capitalism a viable economic system to replace capitalism today.

www.commonscapitalism.com

Background: A medieval commons, circa 1200 CE, with serfs, livestock, grain fields, and forest courtesy of Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini as the case maybe.

Avatar: AI rendition of my photograph

Olympia, Washington

#CommonsCapitalism

#capitalism #economics #socialism

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Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.Jan 11
UniversalCompendiumJan 11

The daily battle for survival is depicted through an umbrella seller in wild weather.
Old Man Struggling in the Wind, by Anselmo Guinea Ugalde, 1882

https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/guinea/old-man-wind-umbrella-guinea-gayarre.htm

#art #painting #work #weather

Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.Dec 26
I just posted a Keynesian critique of Commons Capitalism: a market-facing enterprise model that blocks private capture of surplus (no shareholders/investors) and treats retained profits as a commons for past, present, and future workers.
Read it here: https://commonscapitalism.com/a-keynesian-critique-of-commons-capitalism/
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• Capitalism without private residual claimants.

A comparison of Commons Capitalism with Ixtlán-style communal enterprise at: https://commonscapitalism.com/commons-capitalism-and-ixtlan-as-market-enterprise-without-private-residual-claimants/
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Commons Capitalism and Ixtlán as “Market Enterprise Without Private Residual Claimants”

Reference code: C25-19Ixtlán de Juárez is an Indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico, frequently discussed as an example of a high-functioning communal commons that operates sophisticated market-fac…

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Show threadJonathan D. Cope, Esq.Dec 26

• A commons can compete.

Ixtlán is a reminder that market discipline and “no private residual claimants” can coexist. Here’s a comparison to Commons Capitalism. https://commonscapitalism.com/commons-capitalism-and-ixtlan-as-market-enterprise-without-private-residual-claimants/

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Commons Capitalism and Ixtlán as “Market Enterprise Without Private Residual Claimants”

Reference code: C25-19Ixtlán de Juárez is an Indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico, frequently discussed as an example of a high-functioning communal commons that operates sophisticated market-fac…

Commons Capitalism
Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.Dec 26

• “Markets don’t require private residual owners.”

Ixtlán shows a communal commons can run market-facing enterprise without individual residual property claims. This commentary compares that logic to Commons Capitalism. https://commonscapitalism.com/commons-capitalism-and-ixtlan-as-market-enterprise-without-private-residual-claimants/

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Commons Capitalism and Ixtlán as “Market Enterprise Without Private Residual Claimants”

Reference code: C25-19Ixtlán de Juárez is an Indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico, frequently discussed as an example of a high-functioning communal commons that operates sophisticated market-fac…

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Show threadJonathan D. Cope, Esq.Dec 24
redistribution, and (2) reduces the concentration of that wealth in the economic elite.
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Commons Capitalism (1) integrates the capitalist principles of profit-making and market competition with the management of net profits as a commons, (a) to equitably distribute business wealth to past, present, and future workers and (b) thereby enrich communities via tiered
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I included several sections: Origin, Introduction, Research, Commentary, Model Forms, and a Forum. Please visit the website and learn about Commons Capitalism.
Commons Capitalism is a viable hybrid economic system that is neither capitalism nor socialism.
Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.Dec 24
About one year ago, I was asked to create a Wikipedia page about Commons Capitalism, an alternative economic system to capitalism. Instead, I created a website, https://commonscapitalism.com, using a living document format.
Commons Capitalism

An Alternative Economic System to Capitalism

Commons Capitalism
Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.Dec 24

For curious workers and labor economists ─ read how the Polycentric governance of a CCE combined with worker input from all levels can make a CCE less brittle than a conventional company in an economic downturn at:

https://commonscapitalism.com/polycentric-governance-and-worker-input/

Polycentric Governance Augmented by Worker Input

Reference code: C25-18 Polycentric Governance and Worker Input as Downturn Resilience A CCE is structurally positioned to weather economic stress better than a conventional firm, not because it is …

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