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You can’t argue with that
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@CLESthinkdo are based on the Greek word ‘oikonomia’
Household Management.
‘The economy is about our households and communities, we need to construct our own economies that work for our communities’
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The Foundational Economy is: The basic stuff you need to live (not high end fripperies)
Getting this right goes back to what @nmcinroy had to say about economics as ‘household management’
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I know it’s bad form to push your own blog, but there’s some good stuff in the Basque Country that looks like what we are talking about. eg
whatsthepont.com/2018/05/26/gur…
@TheCottam talking about the challenge of automation and AI.
Learning from GUREAK (link above). They are taking it very seriously as manual work is critical to what they do.
Finding a niche too difficult to automate and adding value part of answer
X3 Community Councils collaborated to form the Ogwen Partnership @SiopOgwen
Community ownership, now developing large scale hydro power £495k raised as a community share offer.
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Just saying...
#OurLocalEconomies