4 Reasons Why The Future Of Capitalism Is Homegrown, Small Scale, And Independent | Co.Design

Indie capitalism is, above all, a maker system of economics based on creating new value, not trading old value. It embraces all the strains of maker culture—food, indie music, DIY, craft, 3-D digital fabrication, bio-hacking, app enabling, CAD modeling, robotics, tinkering. Making is not a rare act performed by a few but a routine happening in which just about everyone participates. Making and using tools are part of a meaningful existence.

Great article, though I definitely prefer “creator economy” to an “indie” one. Neither title expresses locality, though, which is a key theme here.

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  1. foxysteve said: What I find very interesting about this idea is that it actually MORE mirrors the ideals of competition than our current means of market economy. Perhaps this is actually a more pure form of capitalism (with a slight mix of agorism)
  2. dollarunderwater said: yeah, but the independent in indie implies a limited scale, and hence, local
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