There Are Real Alternatives – Community Wealth Building

About this episode

Rory interviews Joe Guinan about community wealth building as an alternative to the current financial system amidst geopolitical turbulence.

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic episode, Rory interviews Joe Guinan about the current geopolitical turbulence, the economic implications of the war, and the potential of community wealth building as a transformative alternative to the current financial system. Joe Guinan is President of The Democracy Collaborative. His focus is on political economy, strategy, and economic system change, and he is co-author (with Martin O’Neill) of The Case for Community Wealth Building (Polity, 2020). Bohemian's Cooperatives is launching this week. The Bohemian Cooperatives: Building Community Wealth - a three-year strategy to develop a grassroots community wealth building ecosystem in Dublin that helps workers, communities and the planet thrive. NERI's Tom McDonnell on the Energy Crisis and Solutions Pod:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-156099307 The Hind Rajab jersey for Dignity for Palestine is available here: https://spicebagmerch.com/

People in this episode

Host: Rory Hearne

Guest: Joe Guinan

Topics covered

• community wealth building
• geopolitical turbulence
• economic implications
• financial system alternatives
• political economy
• grassroots strategies

Keywords

• community wealth building
• geopolitical turbulence
• economic implications
• financial system
• political economy
• Dublin
• grassroots
• cooperatives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Democracy Collaborative, Bohemian's Cooperatives, NERI, Tortoise Shack Media

Books & works: The Case for Community Wealth Building

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