A Decent Future
Politics is never going back, but we can win it going forward| The Main Street Journal
Politics is never going back, but we can win it going forward| The Main Street Journal
Community Capital Live: Wednesday, October 22, 2 pm ET - Kachuwa’s goal is not to maximize financial return at any cost; instead, it is to create positive impact while earning reasonable, non-extractive returns for its members.| The Main Street Journal
My first writings on local finance, such as my 2007 Schumacher Lecture, were about the need for local stock exchanges.| The Main Street Journal
With rural roots, farming cooperatives and community food systems nourish self-reliance in cities like Detroit.| The Main Street Journal
Don’t miss this perk we’re offering paid subscribers| The Main Street Journal
We have more than enough vacant housing to meet existing housing demand.| The Main Street Journal
Hundreds of Precious Plastic workshops worldwide convert waste into products and profits| The Main Street Journal
American Sustainable Business Network’s Business, Policy. and Purpose: The Business of Democracy Conference| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Our featured interview this week is with Thom Hartmann, arguably the top progressive talk-radio DJ in the country.| The Main Street Journal
A book that describes regular folks serving justice to slimeball authorities, damaging their communities.| The Main Street Journal
How Canadians Finance the Change They Want to See With Community Bonds| The Main Street Journal
Since 2018, the Dream Exchange has been raising funds from do-gooders across the country to create a public marketplace for minority-owned businesses.| The Main Street Journal
As PBS stations lose funding for local broadcast journalism, they'll air a new documentary about the demise of local print journalism| The Main Street Journal
Delivering financial solutions that support a Just Transition to a regenerative economy| The Main Street Journal
Our featured interview this week is Lyneir Richardson, whose real estate company, Chicago TREND, has helped redevelop shopping centers in black neighborhoods in Chicago and Baltimore.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Crypto-enabled hardware products tap into decentralized networks that save (or make) money| The Main Street Journal
I’m still working my way through Ezra Klein’s and Derek Thompson’s book Abundance, which urges liberals to embrace a world where they do “big things.” If we want more housing, for example, we need to combine more government money pouring into the housing sector with regulatory reforms that speed up the projects.| The Main Street Journal
Will adding local investing concepts to a financial industry standard reference help make good things happen?| The Main Street Journal
Partners in Equity and Fair Finance Fund| The Main Street Journal
August 13, 2 pm ET| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Pitting cities against each other to meet climate goals| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Adopting and civilizing a scary term| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
V.3, N.27 - This week, we’re pleased to feature an interview with Hunter Lovins. Hunter currently runs a nonprofit called Natural Capitalism Solution and is now launching an important new project called COPx, which aims to become a global compendium of climate solutions.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
