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Titre : Short circuit : strengthening local economies for security in an unstable world Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Richard Douthwaite, Auteur Editeur : Dublin : The Lilliput Press Année de publication : 1996 Importance : 386 p Présentation : Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Économie sociale Tags : Economie locale Economie sociale et solidaire Alternatives Index. décimale : 01 Economie Résumé : Irish economist Richard Douthwaite has written this excellent book as a handbook for people who wish to start rebuilding their local economies to protect their communities from the risks of being tied into a fragile global economy. The fundamental changes we need to make are to use local resources to meet local needs and reduce our dependence on the world economy for either markets or raw materials.
Following introductory chapters covering these matters, there are activist chapters detailing things that can be done to gain greater self-reliance. These are the establishment of Local Exchange Trading Systems, locally owned financial systems, locally-based energy generating and saving schemes and low-external-input agriculture. Accompanying these tangible changes will be more cooperative commercial attitudes.
Each chapter has case studies that give contact details for those interested in pursuing the ideas in the book. This is an essential book for those who are interested in how one can transform the world by doing small but radical things.Short circuit : strengthening local economies for security in an unstable world [texte imprimé] / Richard Douthwaite, Auteur . - Dublin : The Lilliput Press, 1996 . - 386 p : Index.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Économie sociale Tags : Economie locale Economie sociale et solidaire Alternatives Index. décimale : 01 Economie Résumé : Irish economist Richard Douthwaite has written this excellent book as a handbook for people who wish to start rebuilding their local economies to protect their communities from the risks of being tied into a fragile global economy. The fundamental changes we need to make are to use local resources to meet local needs and reduce our dependence on the world economy for either markets or raw materials.
Following introductory chapters covering these matters, there are activist chapters detailing things that can be done to gain greater self-reliance. These are the establishment of Local Exchange Trading Systems, locally owned financial systems, locally-based energy generating and saving schemes and low-external-input agriculture. Accompanying these tangible changes will be more cooperative commercial attitudes.
Each chapter has case studies that give contact details for those interested in pursuing the ideas in the book. This is an essential book for those who are interested in how one can transform the world by doing small but radical things.
