Is the Local Economy the Solution to a Post-Capitalist World?

By H.L. Onstad, Alternet

According to community economics advocate Michael Shuman, mainstream economic development today is a scam.

WEBINAR: ‘Local Economic Blueprints: pioneering or pointless?’

By Resilience.org Staff, Rob Hopkins, Transition Network / Resilience.org

 Join Rob Hopkins, Molly Scott Cato, Tony Greenham, Fiona Ward and Nigel Jump for a live discussion.

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How to Start a Community Currency

By Mira Luna, Shareable

The centralized creation of money and credit has a profoundly negative effect on local economies, sovereignty, and cohesiveness. Bankers value profit at all costs, while locally-controlled institutions tend to hold other values - like community, justice and sustainability - more highly.