The credit crisis: a golden opportunity to extend localisation and stimulate genuinely sustainable local economic development
by Julian Lamb; Karen Leach
International Journal of Green Economics (IJGE), Vol. 5, No. 2, 2011

Abstract: The credit crisis and associated economic instability continues to cause great anxiety; and even after two years there appears little appetite to talk in terms of the 'green shoots of recovery' (Woodcock, 2009; Nelson, 2011). Nevertheless, this crisis is clearly illuminating the inequitable and unsustainable ideologies of our economic system – and this is a rare opportunity which should be grasped by those who wish to promote alternative business and economic models. This paper draws upon findings from recent front-line research by 'Localise West Midlands' and argues that the two main commercial practices that caused the credit crisis – the rapid expansion of business opportunity and the spreading of risk – can be diverted to become the economic solution for producing more resilient, sustainable communities based on a localised model of productive economy.

Online publication date: Thu, 16-Oct-2014

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