There are many visions of what a new economy might look like: more local than global, more sharing than exploitative, more respectful of the earth than of profit. What’s missing in most of these visions, however, is the system architecture needed to guide the economy in those directions, and keep it headed there for the indefinite future.
A good new economy architecture must do two things our present architecture doesn’t do: protect vital ecosystems and spread the fruits of our economy broadly. The first is essential to preserving our planet, the second to assuring that all individuals and communities have the resources to become more secure and self-reliant… >more…
