Blue Economy 3.0

In the current capitalist and globalized economic system, a few large multinational corporations control almost all common goods. This is possible due to concessions granted by states for the exploitation of primary resources such as energy, minerals, and water. By not paying for raw materials, these mega-private enterprises can afford economies of scale that no smaller producer can compete with. This model impoverishes local communities, which are stripped of the resources that nature would grant in abundance to everyone. The wealth created by large multinational corporations doesn't even remain in the territory where it's produced, as the labor force employed is shrinking and sales only enrich the pockets of shareholders and foreign markets.

The competitive prices that multinationals can offer are due to the fact that no one truly pays the full cost that production entails. It's estimated that the real value of a $10 hamburger, if the water used to produce it had to be paid for, would be at least one hundred. 

In practice, some private actors have been granted the ability to get rich by stealing resources that should belong to everyone, progressively exhausting them and devastating the environment from which they profit. Current legislative systems have chosen not to limit or regulate access to common goods in any way, and many will say that if it hasn't been done so far, it's because it can't be done.

In reality, just as access to many goods and services is regulated, it could also be done for primary resources. But since the current capitalist system is what it is, no one feels truly responsible. No one thinks they have to remedy it in any way, and no company is called upon to do so. The rules of the great "economic game" we all participate in are firmly rooted in the system.