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Reading List

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The Wellbeing Economy Alliance also has a curated list:
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https://wellbeingeconomy.org/reading-your-way-to-a-wellbeing-economy-15-essential-books
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Featured
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Co-creating the Future: Regenerative Economic Zones by Michael J. Muyot
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Onward at Last: 2024 Presidential Election Edition by Kevin Howard
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Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows and Diana Wright.
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The Case for Community Wealth Building a book by Martin O'Neill and Joe Guinan.
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The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible a book by Charles Eisenstein.
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Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto a book by Vasilis Kostakis, Michel Bauwens, and Alex Pazaitis.
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds a book by Adrienne Maree Brown.
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The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few a book by Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard.
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Beloved Economies: Transforming How We Work a book by Jess Rimington and Joanna Levitt Cea.
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The Ministry for the Future a book by Kim Stanley Robinson.
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PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future a book by Paul Mason.
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The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighbourhoods a book by John McKnight and Cormac Russell.
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Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World a book by Jason Hickel.
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants a book by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered a book by E F Schumacher.
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Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems a book by Michael Strong and John Mackey.
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What If We Get It Right? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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The Preston Model and Community Wealth Building: Creating a Socio-Economic Democracy for the Future a book by Julian Manley and Philip B. (University of Central Lancashire, UK) Whyman.
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Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital a book by John Restakis.
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Full Reading List
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The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor.
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Steady-State Economics by Herman E. Daly.
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What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution by Gar Alperovitz.
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Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free by Ellen Hodgson Brown.
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The Economics of Arrival: Ideas for a Grown-Up Economy by Katherine Trebeck and Jeremy Williams
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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action a book by Elinor Ostrom.
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Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons a book by David Bollier.
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A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution a book by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis.
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Makers and Takers: How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street a book by Rana Foroohar.
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Many Voices One Song: Shared Power with Sociocracy a book by Ted J Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez.
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update a book by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows.
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Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It a book by David Fleming and Shaun Chamberlin.
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Ideas to Postpone the End of the World a book by AILTON KRENAK and Anthony Doyle.
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Mismatch a book by Kat Holmes.
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Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want a book by Ruha Benjamin.
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The Future is Disabled a book by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
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The Price of Inequality a book by Joseph E. Stiglitz.
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The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism a book by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, and Aaron Vansintjan.
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What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World a book by Sara Hendren.
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Post-Growth Planning: Cities Beyond the Market Economy a book by ANTONIO FERREIRA, Federico Savini, and Kim von Schonfeld.
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Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism a book by Kate Soper.
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The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living a book by Mark Boyle.
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Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation a book by Adrienne Maree Brown.
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Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations and Economic Cooperation a book by Caroline (Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science, Department of Global Development Studies, Associate P and Christabell (Associate Professor of Economics, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Kerala) P.J..
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Post Growth: Life after Capitalism a book by Tim (University of Surrey, UK) Jackson.
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The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions a book by Jason Hickel.
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Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest a book by Suzanne Simard.
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Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present a book by Yanis Varoufakis.
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Web of Life a book by Fritjof Capra.
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Beyond Racial Capitalism: Co-operatives in the African Diaspora a book by Caroline Shenaz (Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science, Associate Professor of Global Development and, Kevin (Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies (teaching stream), Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies (teaching stream), U, and Sharon D. Wright (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Florida) Austin.
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The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone a book by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed a book by Paulo Freire.
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Why We Can't Wait a book by Martin Luther King, Jr..
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Alternative Societies: For a Pluralist Socialism a book by Luke (University of Sussex) Martell.
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Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business a book by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia.
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Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy: Can We Make American Democracy Work? a book by Melody C. Barnes, Corey D.B. Walker, and Thad M. Williamson.
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Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds a book by Thomas Hubl and Julie Jordan Avritt.
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The Lean Startup: The Million Copy Bestseller Driving Entrepreneurs to Success a book by Eric Ries.
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Understanding Social Enterprise: Theory and Practice a book by Rory Ridley-Duff and Mike Bull.
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Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina a book by Marina A. Sitrin.
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Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet a book by George Monbiot.
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Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet a book by George Monbiot.
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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society a book by Frans De Waal.
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist a book by Kate Raworth.
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The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets a book by Caroline Shenaz Hossein.
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Prosperity without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow a book by Tim Jackson.
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Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It a book by David Graeber.
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Let This Radicalize You a book by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba - Bookshop.org US
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The Zero Marginal Cost Society a book by Jeremy Rifkin - Bookshop.org US
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Team of Teams a book by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, et al. - Bookshop.org US
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Citizens a book by Jon Alexander, Ariane Conrad, and Brian Eno - Bookshop.org US
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Change a book by Damon Centola - Bookshop.org US
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Plurality a book by E Glen Weyl, Audrey Tang, and ⿻ Community - Bookshop.org US
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Leaders Eat Last a book by Simon Sinek - Bookshop.org US
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The Value Of Tribes & Tribulations | Sebastian Junger - YouTube
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How Great Leaders Inspire Action | Simon Sinek | TED - YouTube
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