The Commons

Eco-nomics

The Challenge of Acting for the Commons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_good_(economics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_small_decisions

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New Economic ideas -- http://www.neweconomics.org

Yes Magazine: Reclaiming the Commons

Sojourner: Reclaiming the Commons

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Democracy Collaborative: Reclaiming the Commons

http://democracycollaborative.org/

https://twitter.com/democracycollab

Resources for practitioners and policy makers working to build community wealth and a new economy

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June 2014

Gar Alperovitz (note relation to Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day) - Video Keynote at the AAAS Climate Change Summit / American Association for the Advancement of Science's Summit on Climate Change Resilience and Governance

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Next System Project - http://democracycollaborative.org/content/next-system-project

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http://democracycollaborative.org/publications

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Community-wealth generation focus areas:

Democratization of Wealth

Community Wealth Cities

Community Wealth InfoGraphics

Community Wealth Interviews

Community Wealth Map

Wealth Videos

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Anchor Institutions

The Cleveland Model

Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)

Land Trusts (CLTs)

Cooperatives (Co-ops)

Cross-Sectoral

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

Green Economy

Individual Wealth Building

Individual Wealth Preservation

Local Food Systems

Municipal Enterprise

New State & Local Policies

Outside the U.S.

Program Related Investments

Reclaiming the Commons

Social Enterprise

Responsible Investing

State Asset Building Initiatives

State and Local Investments

Transit Oriented Development

University & Community Partnerships

Worker Cooperatives