The State of the Commons: A Report to America’s Stakeholders on their Commonly Held, Government Managed Assets

All Americans are joint owners of a trove of hidden assets. These assets – natural gifts like air and water, and social creations like culture and the Internet – constitute our shared inheritance. They’re vital to our lives and make our economy run. Though it’s impossible to put a precise value on them, it’s safe to say they’re worth trillions of dollars.

Recently, Peter Barnes, David Bollier and Michael Calabrese served on an

Participants

• Peter Barnes
  Co-founder, Working Assets and author, Who Owns the Sky? Our Common Assets and the Future of Capitalism
• David Helvarg
  Author, Blue Frontier: Saving America's Living Seas
• Michael Calabrese
  Vice President and Co-Director, Retirement Security Program, New America Foundation