J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
If the Global Finance Crisis has taught us anything, it’s that economics as we know it is not working. If global warming means anything, it’s that we have to rethink how we live on this shared ...
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If the Global Finance Crisis has taught us anything, it’s that economics as we know it is not working. If global warming means anything, it’s that we have to rethink how we live on this shared planet. Take Back the Economy is about making the economy work for people and the planet. It is intended for academic researchers, activists, students, community members and citizens interested in how they can contribute to a more just, sustainable and equitable world. The book reframes the idea that the economy is a thing, separate from us and best understood by experts. The economy is presented as a human creation and therefore open to ethical intervention and political imagination. This book explores the actions that people are taking to build ethical economies, and it presents these actions in terms of shared ethical concerns. What’s necessary for human survival? What do we do with the extra or surplus that’s produced over and above what we need to survive? What relationships do we have with other people and with the environments that help to satisfy our needs? What do we use up and consume in the process of satisfying our needs? How do we maintain and replenish the gifts of nature and intellect that all humans rely on? How can we invest in a future worth living in? There are no easy answers to these questions, but across the globe people are responding in novel ways that take into account people and planetary wellbeing. Take Back the Economy features these novel responses and it introduces a series of tools that readers can use to explore the ethical thinking that underpins the responses. It shows readers how they can take back the economy from where they are and using what they have at hand.Less
If the Global Finance Crisis has taught us anything, it’s that economics as we know it is not working. If global warming means anything, it’s that we have to rethink how we live on this shared planet. Take Back the Economy is about making the economy work for people and the planet. It is intended for academic researchers, activists, students, community members and citizens interested in how they can contribute to a more just, sustainable and equitable world. The book reframes the idea that the economy is a thing, separate from us and best understood by experts. The economy is presented as a human creation and therefore open to ethical intervention and political imagination. This book explores the actions that people are taking to build ethical economies, and it presents these actions in terms of shared ethical concerns. What’s necessary for human survival? What do we do with the extra or surplus that’s produced over and above what we need to survive? What relationships do we have with other people and with the environments that help to satisfy our needs? What do we use up and consume in the process of satisfying our needs? How do we maintain and replenish the gifts of nature and intellect that all humans rely on? How can we invest in a future worth living in? There are no easy answers to these questions, but across the globe people are responding in novel ways that take into account people and planetary wellbeing. Take Back the Economy features these novel responses and it introduces a series of tools that readers can use to explore the ethical thinking that underpins the responses. It shows readers how they can take back the economy from where they are and using what they have at hand.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter explores the ways that monetary and non-monetary forms of investment can generate widespread wellbeing. It shows how wealth, broadly defined, can be stored, safeguarded and directed in ...
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This chapter explores the ways that monetary and non-monetary forms of investment can generate widespread wellbeing. It shows how wealth, broadly defined, can be stored, safeguarded and directed in ways that might benefit people and the planet now and into the future.Less
This chapter explores the ways that monetary and non-monetary forms of investment can generate widespread wellbeing. It shows how wealth, broadly defined, can be stored, safeguarded and directed in ways that might benefit people and the planet now and into the future.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter explores different types of businesses. It shows how the surplus generated by businesses (whether capitalist, cooperative or community-oriented) can be directed towards people and ...
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This chapter explores different types of businesses. It shows how the surplus generated by businesses (whether capitalist, cooperative or community-oriented) can be directed towards people and planetary wellbeing. And it shows how a variety of people can play in role in making decisions about the uses of surplus.Less
This chapter explores different types of businesses. It shows how the surplus generated by businesses (whether capitalist, cooperative or community-oriented) can be directed towards people and planetary wellbeing. And it shows how a variety of people can play in role in making decisions about the uses of surplus.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter explores the variety of ways that people secure the goods and services they need to survive. It shows how markets are being reshaped to address the wellbeing of producers and ...
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This chapter explores the variety of ways that people secure the goods and services they need to survive. It shows how markets are being reshaped to address the wellbeing of producers and environments across the globe, and it shows how alternative markets closer to home are also addressing similar concerns.Less
This chapter explores the variety of ways that people secure the goods and services they need to survive. It shows how markets are being reshaped to address the wellbeing of producers and environments across the globe, and it shows how alternative markets closer to home are also addressing similar concerns.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter explores the ways that different types of property are being transformed into commons that provide for people and planetary wellbeing. It shows how relations of care and responsibility ...
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This chapter explores the ways that different types of property are being transformed into commons that provide for people and planetary wellbeing. It shows how relations of care and responsibility are being applied to biophysical, social, cultural and knowledge resources so that access, use and benefit is widely distributed.Less
This chapter explores the ways that different types of property are being transformed into commons that provide for people and planetary wellbeing. It shows how relations of care and responsibility are being applied to biophysical, social, cultural and knowledge resources so that access, use and benefit is widely distributed.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
Instead of presenting the economy as a machine-like entity, this chapter reframes the economy as the outcome of everyday human actions. Using examples from New York and northern India it shows how ...
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Instead of presenting the economy as a machine-like entity, this chapter reframes the economy as the outcome of everyday human actions. Using examples from New York and northern India it shows how people are recreating economies through their actions, and it discusses the ethical choices that are guiding these actions.Less
Instead of presenting the economy as a machine-like entity, this chapter reframes the economy as the outcome of everyday human actions. Using examples from New York and northern India it shows how people are recreating economies through their actions, and it discusses the ethical choices that are guiding these actions.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
The conclusion turns to the things that stand in the way of taking back the economy–any time, any place. And it explores how nature might offer inspiration for living with one another equitably, ...
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The conclusion turns to the things that stand in the way of taking back the economy–any time, any place. And it explores how nature might offer inspiration for living with one another equitably, ethically and within earthly bounds.Less
The conclusion turns to the things that stand in the way of taking back the economy–any time, any place. And it explores how nature might offer inspiration for living with one another equitably, ethically and within earthly bounds.
J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816676064
- eISBN:
- 9781452946993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816676064.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter explores different ways of working. It shows how an over-emphasis on paid work and consumption is undermining people and planetary wellbeing. Using examples from the minority and ...
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This chapter explores different ways of working. It shows how an over-emphasis on paid work and consumption is undermining people and planetary wellbeing. Using examples from the minority and majority worlds the chapter shows how people are using diverse forms of work to generate wellbeing.Less
This chapter explores different ways of working. It shows how an over-emphasis on paid work and consumption is undermining people and planetary wellbeing. Using examples from the minority and majority worlds the chapter shows how people are using diverse forms of work to generate wellbeing.
