Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age - Couverture rigide

Shuman, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684830124 ISBN 13 : 9780684830124

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 1998

Synopsis

Proposes a home-grown, community-based economic strategy meant to revive local marketplaces.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

National drug chains squeeze local pharmacies out of business, while corporate downsizing ships jobs overseas. All across America, communities large and small are losing control of their economies to outside interests. Going Local shows how some cities and towns are fighting back. Refusing to be overcome by Wal-Marts and layoffs, they are taking over abandoned factories, switching to local produce and manufactured goods, and pushing banks to loan money to local citizens. Shuman details how dozens of communities are recapturing their own economies with these new strategies, investing not in outsiders but in locally owned businesses.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael H. Shuman, co-director of the Village Foundation's Institute for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, is author of five books and numerous articles on the relationship between community and international affairs. His work has appeared in The Nation, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post. He lives in Washington, DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684830124
• ISBN 13: 9780684830124
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 306
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible