Is the Local Economy the Solution to a Post-Capitalist World?
According to community economics advocate Michael Shuman, mainstream economic development today is a scam.
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WEBINAR: ‘Local Economic Blueprints: pioneering or pointless?’
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How to Start a Community Currency
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.