Description: A huge part of our economy is invisible, invaluable, and under siege. ''The commons'' is a term that denotes everything we share as opposed to own privately. Some parts of the commons are gifts of nature: the air and oceans, the web of species, wilderness, and watersheds. Others are the product of human creativity and endeavor: sidewalks and pu
Brief description: Jonathan Rowe was an editor at the Washington Monthly and a staff writer at the Christian Science Monitor. He contributed to Harper's, the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, the American Prospect, Adbusters, and a host of other publications. He passed away in 2011. Peter Barnes is a cofounder of Working Assets/Credo and the author of several books, including Capitalism 3.0.