Factor e Farm Economic Model

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Intruduction

We are a research and development organization. We generate products for the people - by the people. We are supported entirely by voluntary contributions - whether from online donors, on-site labor and production, or in-kind donations. Our Community Supported Manufacturing (see slides 22-29 for discussion, with CEB_Press as the case in point) model means that we develop viable enterprise, and the people benefit by getting the highest quality product at the cost of production. This is radical - because the economics allow for capturing the high value of skilled labor. The skill is shared and taught openly to promote free enterprise. This follows principles of Jeffersonian democracy, Gandhi's production by the masses, Schumacher's seminal work on small industry, Piore's seminal work on flexible fabrication, [Bergmann's theories of New Work], and modern implementatino via Gerschenfeld's digital fabrication.