How to (Legally) Open a Gift (Economy)

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In part one of this series, “How to Barter, Give, and Get Stuff,” attorney Janelle Orsi explores the legal ramifications of

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The Tenacity of Pirate Radio

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Years ago, I was bemoaning the difficulties of starting an Internet radio station: the royalty fees for broadcasting music online make it a difficult proposition for

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What if Rich Neighborhoods Funded Poor Schools?

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Last week we published a piece by Jay Walljasper entitled "How Tax-Sharing Can Save Cities," which made a moral and economic argument for richer area

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How Do Things Ever Change?

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How do things ever change? Let’s say that there are two ends of spectrum:

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How to Turn a Payphone Into a Library

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Have an old phone booth in your neighborhood sitting empty? Fill it with books! Book booths are an easy way to acquire new books (for free), bring your community together and transform a neighborhood eyesore into a neighborhood gem. We talked to A

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Treasure Island: A Case Study in Shareable Journalism

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I’ve always between interested in the dialogue between our ideals and our realities, and how that dialogue shapes our cities and buildings. Last year, I started researching the Treasure Island development in San Francisco, which aims to buil

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Consumer or Citizen?

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On July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter spoke to the American people about the "Crisis of Confidence" faced by Americans who were losing faith in the government and who increasingly feared that their children would be worse-off than the

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Makeshift Lending Libraries

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Building a more shareable urban community doesn't necessarily require years of planning and grand initiatives. It can be as simple as turning defunct newspaper boxes or pay phone booths into community lending libraries.

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Bay Area Events (Open Thread!)

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There are some events coming up in the San Francisco Bay Area that might interest Shareable readers:

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Donate: Can San Francisco Realize Its Ecotopian Dream?

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Shareable.net has embarked upon an ambitious investigative and analytical journalism project with San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit news agency, and Spot.us, which "crowdfunds&quot

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