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There are good times coming – at the grassroots
First published in the RADIX think tank “Brevity is the soul of wit.“William Shakespeare From the top down: The future looks dire. Soaring unemployment, increasing energy prices and food poverty all seem unavoidable. And a growing mental depression about the nation’s state – the inability of politicians to say anything positive which is believable. From…
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Artificial Intelligence seems quite Intelligent
I asked GPT: Tell me about grassroots growth GPT Replied: Grassroots growth, also known as bottom-up economic development, is an approach to economic growth that begins at the local or community level and builds upwards. Unlike traditional top-down approaches where economic development is primarily driven by government policies and large corporations, grassroots growth emphasizes the…
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The Organic Growth of Localism
“Those who propose replacing the top-down with the bottom-up may have a valid case.”Tim Morgan, in his Surplus Energy Economics blog We can’t imagine the future. But we can try and interpret where we are heading from what is going on now. Top-down economic growth is over. It was nice while it lasted, even…