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From Disability to "Extraordinary Talent"
When economic developers say they are looking for extraordinary talent to lead or populate new businesses, they usually mean well-capitalized white guys with PhDs. In fact, talent is everywhere. The success of an economic development progra...
How To Solarize Your City with Local Investment (and Save the World)
This week, I completed a year-long study for Mayor Larry Agran of Irvine, California, on whether Irvine could achieve energy self-reliance through local solarization. The answer is a resounding “yes,” as long as a local investment fund fina...
Patching Up After Fast Fashion
Of basic human needs— water, food, clothing, and shelter— I think clothing is the most exploitable for extractive profit. It’s endlessly variable, shippable, and shelf-stable. It frames who we are socially, and there’s no limit to how much...
Blue State Failures
Many of our recent articles have highlighted how President Trump, Trumpism, and the MAGA movement are hurting local businesses and local economies. The culprits include foolish tariffs, a disastrous war, brutal deportations, regressive tax...
A Report Card on the U.S. Local Economy Movement
My colleagues at Utopies, a localist-minded think tank in Paris with over one hundred employees, have invited me to present next month an overview of the U.S. local economy movement. Below is a rough draft of what I plan to say, organized a...
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I am a full-time visionary on community economics and have published many books on the topic. I also love moose.
Former software developer, magazine editor (Wired, MAKE), etc. who helped lobby for the creation of the Reg CF investment exemption.
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