We play a recording of a conversation Joan Russow had with Stefano Zamagni, Economic Professor from the University of Bologna, where he speaks, among other things, about the concept of reciprocity. Thanks to Joan, Vancity, Lazarus Productions, and Modea Productions. The conversation was previously broadcast on Shaw Victoria, and is available at http://vimeo.com/9287294.
For more on economics and co-operatives, an article by Michael M'Gonigle is available at www.countercurrents.org/gonigle110210.htm, which includes the comment "...This year, the Nobel Prize in Economics went to Elinor Ostrom for her work in showing just how such a commons economy operates. Revitalizing the commons (and it is a basic part of eco-conversion) would draw on a plethora of global initiatives, from local currencies to worker co-operatives." More about Elinor Ostrom's research on the commons is available at http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/info.pdf.
