So as the title implies, I have just started a series on the indusblue blog about the notions of a “Free Economy”.

The idea to write these articles has actually been festering for sometime now. It happened a few years ago in a one-off fashion while I was listening to a talk where Noam Chomsky described the tenets of Anarcho-syndicalism. The idea of a society centralized in the notion of creative endeavour and free from Wage-labour struck a very strong chord with me.

However, it wasn’t until I recently read an interview with Chris Anderson who was describing the main premise of his expected book “Free”, that the whole thing became clear.

Chomsky’s idea of anarchy is hard pressed to be labeled at all. In fact it reads more like an idea of natural organic growth possible in stable societies. The theory acts so similar in function to online communities like Flickr that the correlation is unmistakable, and given Chomsky’s overwhelming disdain for all things oppressively capitalist, this alternative, if possible, leads to very large and powerful conclusions.

I don’t want to give too much away right now, but I’m working on it, and I hope you take the time to visit Indusblue’s blog to get the whole skinny. Keep an eye on my indusblue profile or subscribe to the RSS.

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