Colin R. Turner

Colin R. Turner
Colin R. Turner
Born Colin Richard Turner
(1968-07-10) 10 July 1968
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Author, activist
Nationality Irish
Website
colinrturner.com

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

Turner has been a guest on RTV Marbella's Marbella Now TV and Mi Marbella programmes.[5]

Theories

The Free World Charter

'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

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

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

'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

  1. 1 2 3 "Colin Turner attempts to travel around the world without money". BBC News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ↑ AFP. "Walking around the world, money-less". Emirates 24|7. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "'Moneyless Man' attempts to walk round the world".
  4. ↑ "Dar vueltas por el mundo sin que te den las vueltas: Una pareja irlandesa viaja sin dinero – RT".
  5. ↑ "Objective UNMN2017 on #MiMarbella – Marbella Now". Marbella Now. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 3
  7. ↑ Applied Image, 2016, ISBN 978-0956064028
  8. ↑ "Colin Turner's 'F-Day: The Second Dawn of Man' – Question the power of money". 3 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Applied Image, 2016, ISBN 978-0956064042
  10. ↑ "The Open Economy". Freeworlder.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  11. ↑ Turner 2016, p. 13.
  12. ↑ http://www.shoutoutuk.org/tag/free-world-charter/
  13. ↑ "10 Shocking Facts About Society That We Absurdly Accept As Normal". Collective Evolution. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  14. ↑ https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2015/07/01/free-world-awaits-50000-signatories-join-campaign-will/
  15. ↑ https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2016/10/03/can-we-live-without-money-a-review-of-colin-turners-f-day-the-second-dawn-of-man/
  16. ↑ Turner, Colin R. "Freeworlder". Freeworlder.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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