Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real World Experience for Transformative Change
University Press of Kentucky, 2016
“Flaccavento deftly weaves a big-picture vision for building a better economy – one that truly serves our needs and long-term well-being – with down-to-earth stories and practical tips for how to set these changes in motion within your own household and community.”
- Stacy Mitchell
Co-director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
& author, Big Box Swindle
Flaccavento's book is a gem. There is nothing quite like it–an enlightening blend of high principle and practical example providing ground truth. His is a story of how to bring the future into the present, in communities around the country."
-James Gustave Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy.
Book Coverage
Interview on the Laura Flanders Show
"Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up" on WVTF Radio
"Transitions and Transformations" on Progressive Spirit
Mountain Community Radio, "Mountain Talk Monday"
Green Fire Times, News & Views from the Sustainable Southwest
Food Sleuth Radio, PRX
ABC Australia Feature
“Anthony Flaccavento brings a completely unique perspective to economics, which is to say that he is both entertaining and factual. Economists generally aren't concerned with either.”
- Kimber Lanning, founder and director of Local First Arizona
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Where To Buy
Current research shows us that Amazon is much more than a big retailer; it's an economic monopolizer that undermines jobs and weakens communities. In the interest of resilient, prosperous local economies, please instead consider ordering the book from your local bookseller. You can also order direct from publisher, University Press of Kentucky, or from IndieBound.
For more information on Amazon's stronghold and how to resist, visit the Institute for Local Self Reliance.