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  The economic iceberg

  The iceberg is an economic representation we use in our action research projects to stimulate conversations about ‘the economy.’ This image is one way of illustrating that what is usually regarded as ‘the economy’—wage labor, market exchange of commodities and capitalist enterprise—comprises but ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago

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  Food for Everyone :: Resource Guide

  People across the country and throughout the world are realizing that to confront the climate crisis and create secure and healthy communities, we’ll need vibrant regional food systems. Interested in growing a local food revolution in your kitchen or community? Here are some helpful resources ...

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  Porto Alegre's Participatory Budget Of, By, and For the People

  How would you like to distribute 200 million dollars to your fellow citizens? That’s the amount of money the city of Porto Alegre spends in an average year for construction and services—money not committed to fixed expenses like debt service and pensions.

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  The City that Ended Hunger :: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger. In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy. But that realization was only the beginning, for then I ...

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  Karl Polanyi's Concept of Embeddedness

  The logical starting point for explaining Polanyi's thinking is his concept of embeddedness. Perhaps his most famous contribution to social thought, it has also been a source of enormous confusion in understanding his argument. Polanyi starts by emphasizing that the entire tradition of modern ...

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