Michael Shuman on Rebuilding Community

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Michael Shuman On Rebuilding Community: Local Economic Development
Global Public Media

Attorney and economist Michael Shuman is the Vice President for Enterprise Development for the Training and Development Corporation, based in Bucksport, Maine.

In Part 1 of this candid interview, Mr. Shuman talks about the paradigm of RE-building local communities in the face of a world of diminishing resources like oil and natural gas.

In Part 2 he discusses his own conceptions of our current economic development model and the problems small, local businesses face.

In Part 3, Mr. Shuman explores local (community-based) money and stock exchanges (something that was more of the norm a century ago) and helping small businesses reacquire a foothold in a world that's increasingly -- and unsustainably -- becoming over-globalized. Choose any of the three video interview segments by clicking the links below. The entire interview in mp3 format will be available soon!

Michael Shuman is author of five books including The Small Mart Revolution and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age. He has written numerous articles on the relationship between community and international affairs. His work has appeared in The Nation, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post. (2 June 2007)