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