Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth by Bollier, David
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Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth by Bollier, David
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Title
- Silent Theft
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780415932646
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415932645
ISBN-13
9780415932646
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1983713
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
260 Pages
Publication Name
Silent Theft : the Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Public Finance, General, Land Use
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Political Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2001-045727
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
338.9/25/0973
Table Of Content
1. Reclaiming the Narrative of the Commons 2. The Stubborn Vitality of the Gift Economy 3. When Markets Enclose the Commons 4. Enclosing the Commons of Nature 5. The Colonization of Frontier Commons 6. The Abuse of the Public's Natural Resources 7. Can the Internet Commons Be Saved? 8. The Privatization of Public Knowledge 9. Enclosing the Academic Commons 10. The Commercialization of Culture and Public Spaces 11. The Giveaway of Federal Drug Research and Information Resources 12. The Commons: Another Kind of Property 13. Strategies for Protecting the Commons
Synopsis
'They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose.' - Traditional nursery rhyme Until a 1998 federal court decision, a Minnesota publisher claimed to own every federal court decision, including Roe v. Wade and Brown v. Board of Education. A Texas company was recently allowed to calm a patent on basmati rice, a kind of rice grown in India for hundreds of years. The Mining Act of 1872 is still in effect, allowing companies to buy land from the government at USD5 and acre if they pan to mine it. These are resources that belong to al of use, yet they are being given away to companies with anything but the common interest in mind. Where was the public outcry, or the government intervention, when these were happening? The answers are alarming. Private corporations are consuming the resources that the American people collectively own at a staggering rate, and the government is not protecting the commons on our behalf. In Silent Theft, David Bollier exposes the audacious attempts of companies to appropriate medical breakthroughs, public airwaves, outer space, state research, and even the DNA of plants and animals. Amazingly, these abuses often go unnoticed, Bollier argues, because we have lost our ability to see the commons. Publicly funded technological innovations create common wealth (cell phone airwaves, internet addresses, gene sequences) at blinding speed, while an economic atmosphere of deregulation and privatization ensures they will be quickly bought and sold. In an age of market triumphalism, does the notion of the commons have any practical meaning? Crisp and revelatory, Silent Theft is a bold attempt to develop a new language of the commons, a new ethos of commonwealth in the face of a market ethic that knows no bounds., In an age of market triumphalism, does the notion of the commons have any practical meaning? Crisp and revelatory, this new work is a bold attempt to develop a new language of the commons, a new ethos of commonwealth in the face of a market ethic, Until a 1998 federal court decision, a Minnesota publisher claimed a monopoly on access to all federal court decisions. A Texas company recently filed a patent on a kind of rice grown in India for centuries. Other businesses now claim ownership of mathematical algorithms embedded in software, valuable public lands acquired for five dollars an acre, and icebergs that they plan to transport and sell as fresh water. In Silent Theft, David Bollier argues that a great untold story of our time is the staggering privatization and abuse of our common wealth. Corporations are engaged in a relentless plunder of dozens of resources that we collectively own-publicly funded medical breakthroughs, software innovation, the airwaves, the public domain of creative works, and even the DNA of plants, animals and humans. Too often, however, our government turns a blind eye-or sometimes helps give away our assets. Amazingly, the silent theft of our shared wealth has gone largely unnoticed because we have lost ourability to see the commons. Spooling out one outrageous story after another, Bollier skillfully weaves together debates about the Internet, the environment, biotechnology, and the communications revolution. His fresh and compelling critique illuminates a rarely explored landscape in our political and cultural life. Crisp and revelatory, Silent Theft is a bold attempt to develop a new language of the commons and, in the face of a market order that knows no bounds, to outline an ambitious new project for reclaiming our common wealth., 'They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose.' - Traditional nursery rhyme Until a 1998 federal court decision, a Minnesota publisher claimed to own every federal court decision, including Roe v. Wade and Brown v. Board of Education. A Texas company was recently allowed to calm a patent on basmati rice, a kind of rice grown in India for hundreds of years. The Mining Act of 1872 is still in effect, allowing companies to buy land from the government at USD5 and acre if they pan to mine it. These are resources that belong to al of use, yet they are being given away to companies with anything but the common interest in mind. Where was the public outcry, or the government intervention, when these were happening? The answers are alarming. Private corporations are consuming the resources that the American people collectively own at a staggering rate, and the government is not protecting the commons on our behalf. In Silent Theft , David Bollier exposes the audacious attempts of companies to appropriate medical breakthroughs, public airwaves, outer space, state research, and even the DNA of plants and animals. Amazingly, these abuses often go unnoticed, Bollier argues, because we have lost our ability to see the commons. Publicly funded technological innovations create common wealth (cell phone airwaves, internet addresses, gene sequences) at blinding speed, while an economic atmosphere of deregulation and privatization ensures they will be quickly bought and sold. In an age of market triumphalism, does the notion of the commons have any practical meaning? Crisp and revelatory, Silent Theft is a bold attempt to develop a new language of the commons, a new ethos of commonwealth in the face of a market ethic that knows no bounds.
LC Classification Number
HB846.5.B65 2002
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