Further Reading and Resources
Here is a short list of readings and resources relevant to the upcoming 2010 Summit on a People-Centred Economy.
A Fair & Green Deal for a Way Out of the Crises Based on Sustainability and Solidarity
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
By David Korten
Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future
By Thomas Homer-Dixon
Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Quest for Green Communities
By John R. Nolon
Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Quest for Green Communities – Part II
By John R. Nolon
EMES European Research Network
The Great Transition
By the New Economics Foundation
Living Economics: Canadian Perspectives on the Social Economy, Co-operatives, and Community Economic Development
By J.J. McMurtry
Mondragón and the United Steelworkers - New opportunity for the co-op and labor movements?
By Erbin Crowell (Cooperative Grocer)
Social Entrepreneurship - New Models of Sustainable Social Change
Edited by Alex Nicholls
People-First Economics: Making a Clean Start for Jobs, Justice and Climate
Edited by David Ransom & Vanessa Baird
UK Office of the Third Sector
Social enterprise policy documents
Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective
By Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, and Ann Armstrong
Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
By Jeff Rubin
Raj Patel
Listen to the interview with Raj Patel on the Current with Anna Maria Tremonti aired on CBC Radio February 1, 2010.
Also, watch the interview with Raj Patel on the Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos aired on CBC TV February 4, 2010