Journal of a Grassroots Economist
Will Ruddick, Aude Peronne, Alex CahanaWill Ruddick's field notes
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 255 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 19 days ago |
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The Playground Problem
The Playground Problem by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by Mike Gordon.
I notice something awkward and embarrassing in myself.
I join a conversation about cooperation, or community, or building something together, and very quickly I can...
Sacred Refuge
This is a picture of our home in Kenya. Our sacred refuge.
I keep noticing places where refuge and meaning seem to be held together.
When I feel crisis in my own body, I notice two movements in me. My body wants somewhere safe. My heart w...
In Praise of Nitrogen Fixers
Today and I walked by a little stand of the Three Sisters in our farm and stopped to take a photo.
There they were in their quiet dignity: maize standing upright like an earnest village elder, squash sprawling luxuriously as if abundance...
Beyond the Punctuated Decline of Human Cooperation
Figure: Cooperative effort across repeated loan cycles (Sabin et al., 2026). Each cycle begins with high cooperation, followed by steady decline and occasional collapse. The reset between cycles restores cooperation temporarily, but the rat...
Becoming Kenyan
In 2008, I came to Kenya through the Peace Corps.
I arrived as a guest. I came with curiosity, energy, and many assumptions. Over the years, Kenya has taught me again and again that service is not something one person brings to another. Se...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Grassroots Econo-optimist https://grassecon.org
Aude Peronne is a catalyzer and designer for positive systemic change in local communities worldwide, with a special expertise on ecosystem stewardship and community development and the coordination of the commons
Physician, philosopher, polyglot and intellectual anarchist. My First Principle: Love People and use things-- not the other way around
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