LocaliseWestMidlands

This morning's @WestMids_CA Board is under way over on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=WGJuUSxN…

And video will be on @WestMids_CA YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=x3XdAhZg…

.@WestMids_CA Board is underway over on their Youtube channel youtube.com/watch?v=x3XdAhZg…

#fridaythoughts “Those who seek to disembarrass a country of its entanglements should be very slow and wary. It should not be a matter of tearing up roots, but training a plant to grow in a different direction” John Maynard Keynes, 1933

#brumcharityhour Localising Prosperity? Can be achieved through the decentralisation of economic power, to create a more diverse, resilient, redistributive and prosperous economy - don't take our word for it lght.ly/9li58ii the evidence speaks for itself #economy #power

#throwbackthursday 5 years ago, we we're blogging about the success of the Preston Model, which uses anchor institutions based in the city to bring benefits for the local economy and community. lght.ly/ji9m4d7 #economy #localeconomy

Low Trust/High Carbon? @NEF asks how after years of neglect, how can industrial regions believe in government plans for change #mondaymotivation

lght.ly/g5d4hoo We continue our series of blogs exploring best practice examples of Community Economic Development from around the globe, this time we take a (digital) trip to Montreal, Canada to understand how RESO responded to de-industrialisation.

#fridaythoughts lght.ly/20bnce6 @EconofHappiness Can democracy survive corporate rule? How important is economic scale? How can we move towards genuine participatory democracy? Christian Felber & Helena Norberg-Hodge discuss People Power: Democracy and the Economy

#brumcharityhour What on Earth is the Doughnut? Leading economist @KateRaworth discusses a regenerative and distributive economy lght.ly/gcnpgc

#throwbackthursday 'Money Unmade'? In 2011 we were blogging about bartering... lght.ly/8bgmp4j

#GE2019 The UK general election is coming up. @economyasks Lifts the lid on government spending, cutting through the lght.ly/3b9j9bb #generalelection #governmentspending

#wednesdaywisdom @EconofHappiness disucss the central role of debt in the global economy. Virtually all the money in circulation today was created through debt – much of it for speculative bets within an increasingly unstable casino economy. lght.ly/a9413p

#mondaymotivation #fourdayweek @NEF offers a response to the reactionary criticism of the proposal. Moving beyond accounting exercises to look at the value shorter hours would bring to people’s lives and the organisations they work in. lght.ly/o0kg452

#fridaythoughts lght.ly/l09ngaf With constant talk of post #brexit 'Global Britain' and an 'American Free Trade Deal', this video offers a timely reminder of the dangers inherent in this economic approach and offers strategic alternatives. @EconofHappiness

At the start of this decade we were blogging about setting up locally owned and run pubs and shops, just as relevant as a new decade draws near... #throwbackthursday lght.ly/kmoklfn