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Bringing the economy home from the market

Title
Bringing the economy home from the market / Ross V.G. Dobson.
Author
Dobson, Ross V. G.
Publication
Montréal ; New York : Black Rose Books, [1993], ©1993.

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Description
x, 235 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Community development
  • Social action
  • Développement communautaire
  • Action sociale
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-226) and indexes.
Contents
Pt. 1. Money and Community. 1. Community, Wealth and Power: The Context of our Economic Development. 2. To Market, To Market: The hidden structure of our economy. 3. And You're the Fat Pig: The Effects of the World Market Economy on People, Peoples and Community. 4. Home Again, Home Again: How We Lost Our Sense of Home and What We Need To Do To Regain It. 5. Ladybug, Jig! Parsing The Invisible Root Economy -- Pt. 2. The Letsystem In Winnipeg. 6. Local Employment and Trading: Recognition and Presentation. 7. Getting Started: Establishing the Winnipeg LETSystem. 8. Trial and Error: Casting About for a Community. 9. Community Circle: Developing the LETS Community. 10. LETS as an Alternative Money System: Ethical and Theoretical Considerations. 11. The LETS Economy: An Evolutionary Program. Appendix I: Community with Barter Credit -- Appendix II: The LETSystem Described -- Appendix III: Some Published Accounts of LETSystems.
ISBN
  • 1895431514 :
  • 1895431506 (pbk.) :
LCCN
92072629
OCLC
ocm26255686
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries