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Tables of Contents for Going Local
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
INTRODUCTION
1
30
No Place Like Home
6
2
The Perils of Mobility
8
7
The Triumph of Economists
15
5
An Emerging Countermovement
20
6
A Way Forward
26
5
1. PLACE MATTERS
31
20
Bad People and Bad Civics
33
4
The Science of Efficiency
37
2
Free Trade vs. Community
39
6
A New Economics of Place
45
6
2. NEEDS-DRIVEN INDUSTRIES
51
32
Import Replacement
52
6
Food Industries
58
6
Energy Industries
64
7
Natural-Resources Industries
71
3
Materials Industries
74
3
Beyond Necessities
77
6
3. COMMUNITY CORPORATIONS
83
23
A Taxonomy of American Business
85
3
Engines of Self-Reliance
88
10
New Models
98
6
Empowerment Through Ownership
104
2
4. FINANCING THE FUTURE
106
17
Bankers vs. Communities
107
4
Community-Development Financial Institutions
111
4
Unconventional Loans
115
2
Locally Owned Equity
117
3
Pension Reinvestment
120
1
The Role of Public Policy
121
2
5. PRO-COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNANCE
123
29
The Virtues of Localism
124
4
Local Reinvestment
128
4
Local Purchasing
132
6
Selective Privatization
138
2
Local Hiring
140
4
Local Taxes
144
5
A Question of Power
149
3
6. BRINGING HOME POWER, NOT BACON
152
25
Real Home Rule
155
3
A New Approach to Trade
158
9
Rethinking Corporations
167
4
Neighborhood Banking
171
3
Community Lobbying
174
3
7. MAKING HISTORY
177
28
Ten Steps Toward Community Self-Reliance
180
18
The New Global Village
198
2
The Lilliputian Strategy
200
5
Appendix: Around the World Economy in 80 Ways
205
68
Notes
273
22
Index
295