Tim Freundlich

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  Tim commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  Reimagining "Value" For A Post-Crisis Economy

  Quite comment Nathaniel ... i think http://www.the-hub.net is a great way to take the company and bridge to a more macro context. it is super concrete and intuitively accessible. it is about a global network coming alive and it is plumbing for people and community within this context. some folks are working on bringing it to the US, starting with san francisco next fall

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  Tim commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  Reimagining "Value" For A Post-Crisis Economy

  various typos :)

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  Tim commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  Reimagining "Value" For A Post-Crisis Economy

  sorry i can't edit that last post on this platform. In particular beyond the carious typos...PVC plastics versus PCV was the example hyperbole i was trying to use.

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  Tim commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  Reimagining "Value" For A Post-Crisis Economy

  Russian companies have moved into major barter mode, as they did after the Russian economic collapse of the 90's. That is a good place to look at these intersections around direct vs intermediated value within the conventional big business system context.
  
  There is a tension between the scalable network and globalized light speed transactions with strangers, conforming assets, etc...i think we are seeing a tipping point opportunity to push some of the flatter and scalable design elements though. The local economy folks are all about this but it tends to fall too far outside of the current fat middle of the world to be resonate beyond a certain slice of us. I woudl say rather that local economies is one great realization of intimacy as it pertains to transferring value. Anonymity has been an increasing requirement of our system.
  
  On "social" i like this frame. I tend to want to reject social these days as a modifier the same as Steve rejects CSR. We want enterprise to mean all these elements. Stakeholder theory. Sustainability. Etc. Everything must be integrative of full value. No more externalized costs onto society without accounting. No more arbitrage on human dignity. Catchy phrase to say, down with child labor etc.
  
  But Social Enterprise/eur is a good placeholder for the (r)evolution.
  
  On blended value, at least teh way I have always understood Jed Emerson (http://www.blendedvalue.org) to use it...it doesn't leave room for non blended value extremes actually. It is about the fundamental truth that all value is a blend of financial, social, environmental (and some other) value. We can't look at things in a vacuum. It is a false binary code that we bought into awhile back. Every transaction, investment, choice...it driven by and eventually driving to full spectrum of value outcomes around 'people' and 'planet.' When we choose a job salary counts...and so does proximity to our aging parents. When we invest in a PCV plant upstream, following the money, we reap the health outcomes whether we took that into consideration or not at teh investment decision pt. And on a on.