Richard Douthwaite Boeken

"Short Circuit resonates. A vital read for uncertain times". -- Sara Parkin, Green Party founderShort Circuit is an indispensable tool-kit for communities and individuals seeking to initiate their own renewal from within. Douthwaite feels that in this time of global uncertainty each community should build an independent local economy capable of supplying its own goods and services. He details the financial structures necessary for self-reliance and the techniques already being used by some pioneering communities around the world. These include local currency and community banks, such as the one in Ithaca, New York; communities which provide their own energy generation, such as wind-energy co-ops in Denmark; and Maleny, a small town in Australia which Douthwaite feels is using more of these self-sufficiency techniques than any other place. Blending sophisticated analysis with practical guidance, Short Circuit opens up a wide range of possible futures and demonstrates sources of empowerment and cultural identity beyond conventional politics and economics. To help those interested in learning more, Douthwaite provides detailed information on hundreds of groups, magazines, and environmental and ecological associations worldwide.

Preparing for a future of economic contraction.

“Now what will we do for timber, with the last of the woods laid low?” With these words, the poet recalls forests on which generations of people had relied for their livelihoods being cut down. Today, many people all over the world are asking the same question:?What about the future? FEASTA, a Dublin-based think-tank whose English name is the Foundation for Economics of Sustainability, was founded to ask such critical questions and to find answers to them. Many of the crucial changes that have to be made to bring about a sustainable future lie in the field of economics—in the money system and the tax system, for example. One of FEASTA’s main roles is to build up a body of creative thinking about, understanding of, and support for the economic systems that must replace neo-liberalism. Contributors include Herman Daly, David Korten, James Robertson, Lothar Mayer and Aubrey Meyer.

Problémy globalizácie a jej dopad na peňažnú politiku...