Knowledge-based society, peer production and the common good

In: Capital & class, Volume 33, Issue 1, p. 31-51

Abstract

This article investigates the societal conditions that might help the establishment of peer-to-peer modes of production. First, the context within which such a new model is emerging — the neoliberal knowledge-based-societies — is described, and its shortcomings unveiled; and second, a robust argument is provided for the moral legitimation of an alternative societal vision, including two structural policies that are likely to facilitate the establishment and further development of peer-to-peer practices.