The global financial crisis has renewed concern about whether
capitalist markets are the best way of organizing economic life.
Would it not be better if we were to treat the economy as something
made and remade by people themselves, rather than as an impersonal
machine? The object of a human economy is the reproduction of human
beings and of whatever sustains life in general. Such an economy
would express human variety in its local particulars as well as the
interests of all humanity. The editors have assembled here a
citizen s guide to building a human economy. This project is not a
dream but is part of a collective effort that began a decade ago at
the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and has
gathered pace ever since. Over thirty original essays address
topics that range from globalization, community participation and
microcredit to corporate social responsibility and alternative
energy. Each offers a critical guide to further reading. The Human
Economy builds on decades of engaged research to bring a new
economic vision to general readers and a comprehensive guide for
all students of the contemporary world.
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