We live in a world where 26 billionaires own as much wealth as half
the planet’s population. The extractive ECONOMY WE LIVE WITH NOW
ENABLES THE FINANCIAL ELITE TO SQUEEZE OUT MAXIMUM GAIN FOR
THEMSELVES, heedless of damage to people or planet. But Marjorie Kelly
(and coauthor Ted Howard) show that there is a new ECONOMY EMERGING
FOCUSED ON HELPING EVERYONE THRIVE WHILE RESPECTING PLANETARY
BOUNDARIES. At a time when competing political visions are at stake
the world over, The Making of a Democratic Economy: Building
Prosperity for the Many, Not Just the Few [/rel=] (Berrett-Koehler)
urges a move beyond tinkering at the margins to address the systemic
crisis of our ECONOMY. It outlines seven principles of a DEMOCRATIC
ECONOMY: community, inclusion, place (keeping wealth local), good work
(putting labor before capital), democratized ownership, ethical
finance, and sustainability. Each principle is paired with a place
putting it into practice: Pine Ridge, Preston, Portland, Cleveland,
and more. The road to a system grounded in community, democracy, and
justice remains uncertain. _The Making of a Democratic Economy_ helps
us understand we make this road as we walk it by taking a first step
together beyond isolation and despair.
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