| Description |
xix, 252 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Cereal milk for the Gods -- I: The economics of local -- Motherhood, apple pie, and political theatre : how we are failing our small businesses -- Blue skies, pipe dreams, and the lure of easy money : our financial legacy and its unintended consequences -- Buy local, eat local ... invest local : reconnecting investors and businesses -- The local imperative : leveling the playing field -- Experiments in citizen finance -- The last real baker? : relationship banking is not dead - yet -- The biggest-impact financial sector you've never heard of : community development loan funds reach out to individual investors -- A model to LIONize : how one pacific northwest town engineered a quiet revival -- Community capital : it takes a village, or a police force, or perhaps some farmers -- Pennies from many : when social networking met finance -- Slow money : finance for foodsheds -- From brown rive to biofuels : co-ops on the cutting edge -- The do-it-yourself public offering : the allure of public venture capital -- Back to the future : the rebirth of the local stock exchange. |
| Summary |
Explores the local investing movement, whereby investing in local businesses rather than giant conglomerates helps earn profits while building healthy, self-reliant communities, and introduces the ideas and pioneers behind the movement and offers investment strategies. |
| Subject |
Small business -- Finance.
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Investments.
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Community development.
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| ISBN |
9780470911389: $22.95 |
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0470911387 |
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