Not since Marx identified Manchester’s manufacturing plants as blueprints for the new capitalist society have our political economy’s fundamentals faced a more profound transformation. As structural crises beset capitalism, a new mode of production is emerging: commons-based peer production. Why is this emerging mode of production so important in discussions about post-capitalist futures? And how can participants in commons-based peer production - the “commoners” - make sustainable livings, thereby creating a thriving global commons economy within and beyond capitalism? Here’s why and how.