[open-economics] Open Economics Book Club

Sat Feb 18 15:48:40 UTC 2012

Hey everybody,

it's awesome that you are really interested in reading and
then discussing together.

It is also a good suggestion to start with the short piece. For the first
session, I suggest we start with:
"Coase’s Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm":
http://www.yale.edu/yalelj/112/BenklerWEB.pdf
and
"The Nature of the firm": http://www.sonoma.edu/users/e/eyler/426/coase1.pdf

It is great to read both pieces, so we have both the economics and the law
perspective.

I have created a poll to determine the date for the first meetup of the
OpenEcon Book Club:
http://www.doodle.com/qs483nfwcb6qwywh#table

The location will be confirmed - probably a nice café, suitable for a
Sunday tea and cake.

If you are interested in joining and don't live in London - don't worry, I
would connect you one the day via skype.

Cheers,

Velichka

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Guo Xu <digitalepourpre at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> The book club sounds like a great idea - also a good opportunity to
> establish a regular informal meetup where people interested in open
> data can come along and chat.
>
> I guess it's better to stick to short pieces, as reading a book is
> quite a commitment....
>
> Any guess on when the first meet up is going to be?
>
> Guo
>
> On 7 February 2012 14:46, Dan Hetherington <dan.hetherington at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I'd like to be involved too, but in support of Sam, I'm more likely to
> > find time for something on the scale of Coarse's Penguin than Wealth
> > of Networks.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > On 6 February 2012 19:19, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Really keen, sounds like a great idea. Count me in.
> >>
> >> One thought: 'Wealth of Networks' is fairly long and dense. We could
> begin
> >> with 'Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm' [1]
> instead...
> >>
> >> S
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.html
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Velichka Dimitrova
> >> <velichka.dimitrova at okfn.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi everybody,
> >>>
> >>> There has been a lot of interest in an Open Economics Book Club, which
> >>> would be a monthly social activity in which we would discuss togethers
> >>> books and articles we have read in the field of Open Economics.
> >>>
> >>> Probably the first book we will start with is Benkler's Wealth of
> >>> Nations: http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks.pdf and
> >>> articles on the public domain. You are very welcome to make
> >>> suggestions about books would like to read and we will make a poll
> >>> with the ones we will start with. Some public economics classics are
> >>> also welcome.
> >>>
> >>> The OpenEcon BookClub will be based in London, yet if there is
> >>> interest from other locations, we could organise online talks as well.
> >>> Exact location and day/time will be confirmed.
> >>>
> >>> Let us know if you are interested in the idea and which books/articles
> >>> you would consider reading,
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Velichka Dimitrova
> >>> Open Economics Working Group Coordinator
> >>> Open Knowledge Foundation
> >>> Twitter: @okfnecon, @vndimitrova
> >>> Website: www.openeconomics.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sam Leon
> >> Community Coordinator
> >> Open Knowledge Foundation
> >> http://okfn.org/
> >> Skype: samedleon
> >>
> >>
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Velichka Dimitrova
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Open Knowledge Foundation
Twitter: @okfnecon, @vndimitrova
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