Primary text & editorial annotation · Chapter 06 · pp. 58–101
A guild-based, non-exploitative economy
Production for use, not for profit.
The economy is not an end in itself. Production, technology and distribution should meet human needs, democratise work and remain within the planet’s ecological limits.
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People and planet take precedence over profit.
Deluism rejects an economic order in which private profit decides over well-being, work and the environment. Common benefit, provision, care and the free development of all become the conscious measures of economic decisions.
Democracy
Those who work decide.
Guilds are democratically organised associations of the people who produce and work in a field. They determine working conditions, technologies and goals together. Federations of guilds coordinate needs, resources and production from the bottom up.
Commons
Common wealth requires common responsibility.
Surpluses flow back into public goods and new projects; extreme concentration of wealth is limited. Land, knowledge, natural resources and global goods are protected as commons. Material abundance means enough for everyone, not limitless consumption for a few.
Critical examination
How can innovation, risk-taking and efficient coordination arise without private profit?
Through autonomous guilds, public research funds, recognition, common investment decisions and transparent feedback on needs and resources.