sociology

MORPHISM � BEYOND COMMUNISM AND CAPITALISM

By

Ashok malhotra

� Ashok Malhotra June 2005
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1. INTRODUCTION

Introduction:

The purpose of this article is to determine if the possibility of free software movement causing a new post-capitalistic society exist. In order to answer that question we are going to follow these steps:

- Define capitalism
- Define it's problems
- Focus on information technology and determine if and why is capitalism handling it improperly
- Determine the relations between capitalism and free software movement
- Can and how can free software movement cause a new "post-capitalist" society?

What is capitalism?