Let's Count The Ways of Economics

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J McCune Porter
  • May 4, 2016
  • Economics & Law
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Community Bookstore Feature
Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop

Cooperative Economics and Creating Community Where You Are
by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager

Best of Communities Volume XIII
Cooperative Economics and Creating Community Where You Are A special selection of articles from Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture
$10 Digital, $15 Print

The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to offer you the cream of our crop―the very best articles that have appeared over the last 20 years in our flagship publications: Communities magazine and Communities Directory. We’ve distilled what we consider the most insightful and helpful articles on the topics that you―our readers―have told us you care about most, and have organized them into 15 scintillating collections.

This month’s featured issue is not just a mouth-full to say, but is also chock-full of 20 articles that explore how a community can share more than just property. Authors write about the value of circulating money within community, establishing local currencies, and financing a new cohousing home. We examine what it means when we say “needs-based economy,” “income sharing,” and “trade economies.”

Volume XIII, Cooperative Economics and Creating Community Where You Are, understands there are numerous approaches to thriving; let us count the ways.

Order Volume XIII today or get the entire set!

Want more on these topics? Check out this Communities magazine back issue and these two books available at our bookstore:

Communities #133 Helping Your Local Economy Thrive
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
Local Money Digital book, by John Rogers

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