Shane Hughes

Changing the rules of the game to help build new local economies

The World Bank, IMF, local and national government etc. already set the rules of the game. These rules have mostly been rigged in favour of globalised corporations.

March 12, 2014

The “Icelandic Revolution” through the eyes of a Reconomist

What is really going on Iceland? Have they been jailing bankers, creating unprecedented press freedoms and crowd sourcing their new constitution?

January 20, 2014

The amazing story of community currencies in Brazil: Interview

When I heard a rumour that there were as many as 300 community currencies functioning, or being set up in Brazil, I just had to know more.

April 24, 2013

The unstoppable rise of the collaborative economy

My work at the REconomy Project has inspired me to believe that a credible alternative to our current system is now emerging at an incredible rate.

February 19, 2013

Collaboration and co-operation: Sleeping giants of economic shift change

We are caught between an old system that no longer works and a new one that is trying to emerge. In recent times more and more people have grappled with articulating, what they see as the new economic model, with increasing confidence and detail. I believe that the ‘three C’s’ (the change-maker, cooperative and collaborative movements) now offer a credible alternative to traditional economic system. I’ll try to do that belief justice throughout this article in a way that is neither too philosophical or too niche to really have an impact.

December 10, 2012

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