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Colin R. Turner | |
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| Born | Colin Richard Turner 10 July 1968 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupations | Author, activist |
| Website | colinrturner |
Colin R. Turner is an Irish author and social activist. He is the founder of the Free World Charter, and author of two books based on proposals for a moneyless society. In 2013, Turner embarked on a round-the-world travel attempt without using money.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Turner has been a guest on RTV Marbella's Marbella Now TV and Mi Marbella programmes.[5][when?]
Theories
[edit]The Free World Charter
[edit]'The Free World Charter' consists of ten principles Turner believes will "optimise life on Earth for all species" and eliminate greed and poverty.[1]
Open sharing economy
[edit]Turner proposes what he calls an 'open sharing economy', founded on the basic principles of sharing and shifting individual purpose from self-interest to group interest.[6]: 25 He defines the open economy as: "the application of an open, distributed model to a traditionally closed-loop economic system. In other words, rather than every individual seeking only to benefit themselves, a common understanding exists that enables everyone to benefit everyone, including themselves."[6]: 23
Bibliography
[edit]F-Day: The Second Dawn of Man (2016)[7] is a Political drama in which the main character Karl Drayton initiates a hypothetical countdown to a moneyless society.[8]
Into The Open Economy (2016)[9] sets out proposals for an 'open free economy' without money, trade or governance.[10]
Turner goes on to detail the inherent limitations of trade and governance, where he claims trade and exclusive ownership always lead to wealth concentration,[6]: 12 and the rise in technological unemployment must inevitably negate the market system through the collapse of the labour market.[11]
Criticism
[edit]'The Free World Charter' has been covered by alternative media websites such as ShoutOutUK,[12] and Collective Evolution.[13][14] Mark Boyle (Moneyless Man) described Turner's work on the chapter to be "... of great importance".[1] The reviewer in ShoutOutUK thought that redistribution of wealth would be better than Turner's abolition of the monetary system.[15]
Freeworlder consider Turner's 'open sharing economy' to be similar to a Resource Based Economy such as that proposed by The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement, but differs in that it proposes reaching a post-scarcity economy through acts of sharing, and not necessarily through technology.[16]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Colin Turner attempts to travel around the world without money". BBC News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ AFP. "Walking around the world, money-less". Emirates 24|7. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "'Moneyless Man' attempts to walk round the world".
- ↑ "Dar vueltas por el mundo sin que te den las vueltas: Una pareja irlandesa viaja sin dinero – RT".
- ↑ "Objective UNMN2017 on #MiMarbella – Marbella Now". Marbella Now. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 Turner, Colin R. (2016). Into the Open Economy. Ireland: Applied Image. ISBN 9780956064042.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ Applied Image, 2016, ISBN 978-0956064028
- ↑ "Colin Turner's 'F-Day: The Second Dawn of Man' – Question the power of money". 3 October 2016.
- ↑ Applied Image, 2016, ISBN 978-0956064042
- ↑ "The Open Economy". Freeworlder.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ Turner 2016, p. 13.
- ↑ http://www.shoutoutuk.org/tag/free-world-charter/
- ↑ "10 Shocking Facts About Society That We Absurdly Accept As Normal". Collective Evolution. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ↑ https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2015/07/01/free-world-awaits-50000-signatories-join-campaign-will/
- ↑ https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2016/10/03/can-we-live-without-money-a-review-of-colin-turners-f-day-the-second-dawn-of-man/
- ↑ Turner, Colin R. "Freeworlder". Freeworlder.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.