The Economics of Altruism - A System to Reward Generosity, not Selfishness

"We are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside, but that will be only an inital act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jehrico road must be changed so that men and women not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make they journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."     Martin Luther King, Jr.

Designed to encourage the positive, caring side of human nature, Altruistic Economics assumes that people's wellbeing is related to that of their friends. Like classical economics, it assumes that people maximise their welfare. Unlike classical economics, everyone's well being is uniqely dependent on their sympathy for other specific individuals, so that our self-interest is counter-balanced with concern for the welfare of friends.

Introductory presentation for Computer Scientists: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE404: Constructing an Internet Gift Economy  Robin Upton  2005-11-25

Introductory presentation for Mathematicians: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE106: Summary of Innovations  Robin Upton  2005-08-03

Draft Paper for Academics & (Dissident) Economists: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE3: A Framework for Interactions Between Sympathetic Peers  Robin Upton  2005-01-26

Presentation for Money Reformers: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE204: Avoiding Centralised Money  Robin Upton  2005-10-01

Quick Overview for CC Researchers: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE304: AE for Community Currency Researchers  Robin Upton  2005-10-23

General purpose introductory publications: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE104: Altruistic Economics & The Internet Gift Economy  Robin Upton  2005-07-06  AE105: Blueprint for A People-Centred Economy  Robin Upton  2005-07-19   AE104KR Altruistic Economics & The Internet Gift Economy  Edward Lee  2005-11-11

In Altruistic Economics, wealth is not dependent on what one has accumulated for oneself, but by how one's actions have affected the wellbeing of other people - by the healthiness of one's relationships.

Main publications: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         AE5: A Relationship-Based Trading Model  Robin Upton  2005-03-07  AE6: Exchange Rates  Robin Upton  2005-04-03  AE7: Multiple Currencies  Robin Upton  2005-04-14  AE9: Personal Time-Banking  Robin Upton  2005-05-08  AE10: Keeping Score  Robin Upton  2005-05-22  AE12: Meta-Evaluations  Robin Upton  2005-06-20  AE14: The Imaginary Friends Test  Robin Upton  2006-01-28 Altruistic economics has many innovative features, such as a multiple value system allows all parties to a transaction to express their feelings using independent value measurements, avoiding the damaging process of fixing a single value as a price and thus removing pressure to hide information. Since it is non-zero sum, it allows proper representation of win-win transactions and so allows its users to get away from win-lose interactions. Other references: Downloads Title Author(s)         Date         The Nature of Human Altruism  Ernst Fehr & Urst Fischbacher  2003-09-23  AE2: A Mathematical Basis for a Networked Economy of Giving  Robin Upton  2004-12-06  AE4: Altruistic Economics Questions & Answers  Robin Upton  2005-02-11  Remarks On Accreditation  Ivan Illich  Of the Propriety of Action  Adam Smith  1759  On Mutual Sympathy  Martin Luther King

"To improve our money system it is neither necessary nor wise to destroy our present system. It is only necessary to produce a better product and to introduce it gradually."      Dr. Edward Popp, The Great Cookie Jar, 1978 Altruistic Economics requires a secure system of network communications, such as Friend2Friend. Read the Basics,    Join the Mailing List,    See the Page List.