reading the landscape of economy


The past few weeks I have attempted to focused my reading to macro economic issues, often as they relate to globalization, local ecology, micro-banking, fair trade and alternative and complementary currencies. There are so many wonderful books out there, that I wanted to share a few of the ones that have been helpful in my research.

Deep Economy - Bill McKibben

Interest and Inflation Free Money - Margrit Kennedy

Alternatives to Economic Globalization - International Forum on Globalization

Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawkins

Ecology of Commerce - Paul Hawkins

Natural Capitalism - Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Paul Hawkins

Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough, Michael Braungart

Eco Pioneers - Steve Lerner

Critical Mass - Philip Ball

Hemp Horizons - John Roulac

Natural Wealth of Nations - David Roodman

It's All for Sale - James Ridegeway

Divided Planet - Tom Athanasiou

We Own It - Honigsberg, Kamoroff, Beatty

The Lure of the Local - Lucy Lippard

The Paradigm Conspiracy - Denise Brenton, Christopher Largent

Sustainable Cities - Bob Walter, Lois Arkin, Richard Crenshaw

Ecovillages - Jan Bang

Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus

White Man's Burden - William Easterly