Praise for Locavesting "Investing locally makes sense as long as you do it with your eyes wide open. And this book is a realistic up-to-the-minute exploration of the field. After all, it was the local community that invested in Ben & Jerry's--and it worked out pretty well for them." --BEN COHEN, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's "An inspiring look at what local businesses can achieve." --JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, 2001 Nobel Laureate "Buy this book before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bans it! "Locavesting" demolishes the myth that the best investment options lie in the financial-doomsday…mehr
Praise for Locavesting "Investing locally makes sense as long as you do it with your eyes wide open. And this book is a realistic up-to-the-minute exploration of the field. After all, it was the local community that invested in Ben & Jerry's--and it worked out pretty well for them." --BEN COHEN, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's "An inspiring look at what local businesses can achieve." --JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, 2001 Nobel Laureate "Buy this book before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bans it! "Locavesting" demolishes the myth that the best investment options lie in the financial-doomsday machine we call Wall Street. Fasten your belt for a mind-blowing journey where you will learn about dozens of highly profitable community investment opportunities. Amy Cortese takes you on a breathtaking ride." --MICHAEL SHUMAN, author of "The Small-Mart Revolution" and "Going Local" We have witnessed the failings of an unfettered free market system, tallied in lost jobs, stagnant wages, rising inequality, and languishing Main Streets. Isn't it time for a backup plan? "Locavesting" is a call to rethink the way we invest, so that we support the small businesses that create jobs and healthy, resilient communities. Just as "Buy Local" campaigns have found that a small shift in purchasing to locally-owned enterprises can reap outsized benefits for a local economy, so, too, can a small shift in our investment dollars. Amy Cortese explores the revolution in citizen finance taking root across the country, and shows how local investing can help rebuild our nest eggs, our communities and--just perhaps--the country.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Amy Cortese (New York, NY) is a financial writer who has spent her career writing about business, finance, environmental issues and food, giving her a unique perspective on how these different realms are intricately linked. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Business Week, The American, Mother Jones, Wired, The DailyBeast.com, and many other publications. Cortese was previously senior vice president at online investment bank Wit Capital in the late 1990s. Throughout her career, including five years as an editor for Business Week covering high-tech and Silicon Valley, she has taken complex topics and translated them into accessible, engaging prose for a general audience.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: Starting Anew vii Introduction: Cereal Milk for the Gods xv Part One The Economics of Local 1 Chapter 1 Motherhood, Apple Pie, and Political Theatre 3 How We Are Failing Our Small Businesses Chapter 2 Blue Skies, Pipe Dreams, and the Lure of Easy Money 19 Our Financial Legacy and its Unintended Consequences Chapter 3 Buy Local, Eat Local . . . Invest Local 31 Reconnecting Investors and Businesses Chapter 4 The Local Imperative 47 Leveling the Playing Field Part Two Experiments in Citizen Finance 63 Chapter 5 The Last Real Banker? 65 Relationship Banking Is Not Dead - Yet Chapter 6 The Biggest-Impact Financial Sector You've Never Heard Of 79 Community Development Loan Funds Reach Out to Individual Investors Chapter 7 A Model to LIONize 95 How One Pacifi c Northwest Town Engineered a Quiet Revival Chapter 8 Community Capital 105 It Takes a Village, or a Police Force, or Perhaps Some Farmers Chapter 9 Pennies from Many 125 When Social Networking Met Finance Chapter 10 Slow Money 147 Finance for Foodsheds Chapter 11 From Brown Rice to Biofuels 159 Co-ops on the Cutting Edge Chapter 12 The Do-It-Yourself Public Offering 181 The Allure of Public Venture Capital Chapter 13 Back to the Future 199 The Rebirth of the Local Stock Exchange Conclusion 221 Notes 227 Acknowledgments 243 Index 245
Preface: Starting Anew vii Introduction: Cereal Milk for the Gods xv Part One The Economics of Local 1 Chapter 1 Motherhood, Apple Pie, and Political Theatre 3 How We Are Failing Our Small Businesses Chapter 2 Blue Skies, Pipe Dreams, and the Lure of Easy Money 19 Our Financial Legacy and its Unintended Consequences Chapter 3 Buy Local, Eat Local . . . Invest Local 31 Reconnecting Investors and Businesses Chapter 4 The Local Imperative 47 Leveling the Playing Field Part Two Experiments in Citizen Finance 63 Chapter 5 The Last Real Banker? 65 Relationship Banking Is Not Dead - Yet Chapter 6 The Biggest-Impact Financial Sector You've Never Heard Of 79 Community Development Loan Funds Reach Out to Individual Investors Chapter 7 A Model to LIONize 95 How One Pacifi c Northwest Town Engineered a Quiet Revival Chapter 8 Community Capital 105 It Takes a Village, or a Police Force, or Perhaps Some Farmers Chapter 9 Pennies from Many 125 When Social Networking Met Finance Chapter 10 Slow Money 147 Finance for Foodsheds Chapter 11 From Brown Rice to Biofuels 159 Co-ops on the Cutting Edge Chapter 12 The Do-It-Yourself Public Offering 181 The Allure of Public Venture Capital Chapter 13 Back to the Future 199 The Rebirth of the Local Stock Exchange Conclusion 221 Notes 227 Acknowledgments 243 Index 245
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