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    The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy

    By Michael Lewis and Patrick Conaty

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    We find ourselves between a rock and a hot placecompelled by the intertwined forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE (social, ecological, economic) change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady-state economy.


    The authors present a comprehensive series of strategic questions within the broad areas of:


    *Energy sufficiency
    *Local food systems
    *Interest-free financing
    *Affordable housing and land reform
    *Sustainable community development

    Each section is complemented by case studies of pioneering community initiatives rounded out by a discussion of transition factors and resilience reflections.


    With a focus on securing and sustaining change, this provocative book challenges deeply embedded cultural assumptions. Profoundly hopeful and inspiring, The Resilience Imperative affirms the possibilities of positive change as it is shaped by individuals, communities, and institutions learning to live within our ecological limits.


    Michael Lewis is the executive director of the Center for Community Enterprise and is well-known internationally as a practitioner, author, educator, and leader in the field of community economic development.


    Patrick Conaty is an honorary research fellow at the University of Birmingham and a director of Common Futures. Since 1999 he has worked for the new economics foundation (nef), where he has produced a wide range of publications about predatory lending, financial inclusion, community land trusts, and social venture finance.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Society Publishers
    Release dateJun 12, 2012
    ISBN9781550925050
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    Michael Lewis

    Michael Lewis is the host of the podcast Against the Rules. He has published many New York Times bestselling books, including Liar's Poker, The Fifth Risk, Flash Boys, and The Big Short. Movie versions of The Big Short, Moneyball, and The Blind Side were all nominated for Academy Awards. He grew up in New Orleans and remains deeply interested and involved in the city but now lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Tabitha Soren, and their children.

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