But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.

So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers.

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

Money is a mechanism for control.

We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.

There was a time in the United States when most of our financial institutions were local. Which essentially meant that local communities were able to create their own credit, or their own money, in response to their own needs. We still depended on banks, but it was a much more democratic process.

I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on a terrific street party.