Economic Development

• jobs with liveable wages
• jobs with good working conditions
• jobs that allow families time together
• jobs that are creative and interesting
• varied job base, with many smaller shops
• diverse hiring, with wide skill needs
• average person valued for unique talents
• increased access via bus, rail, bicycle, foot
• stable taxes via efficient infrastructure
• money recycles locally via small business
• increased local control via maximum local production of food, fuel and household goods (import replacement)
• social safety net for people in transition
• foster social pride and fair distribution of wealth via progressive taxation
• leadership by community
• many natural areas protected for public enjoyment and health
• replenishment of natural resources

   Economic Decay

• jobs with pay so low as to require subsidy
• jobs with hazardous/oppressive conditions
• jobs that keep families too busy to be together
• jobs that are dull and repetitive
• major employers in few big boxes
• whites only, high tech emphasis
• average person disposable
• increased automobile dependence
• increased taxes for auto/truck infrastructure
• money leaves rapidly via chain stores
• decreased local control via import of necessities, with associated expanded dependence on transport fuels & pollution
• welfare for the rich, blame the poor
• foster social alienation and forced redistribution of wealth via crime & revolution
• leadership by elites
• natural areas paved; soil, plants and animals destroyed for personal gain
• consumption of natural resources

   How Communities Do It:

• Community development credit unions
• Microloan Funds for creative projects
• Local money (HOURS) & zero-interest loans
• Adaptive Re-use for industrial expansion
• Local business incubators
• Socially-responsible investing
• Import replacement programs
• Buy-Local campaigns
• Farmer's Markets, food and fuel co-ops
• Superinsulation of housing/business spaces
• Worker Ownership Networks
• Military-to-Domestic conversions
• Local pension funds w/local investment
• Local health funds & nonprofit clinics
• Local tax credits for small farms, solar & wind
• Materials Re-use Centers

   How Elites Do It:

• Regional/national/global banks
• Large loans for conventional purposes
• Dollar dependency, maximum return loans
• Industrial expansion on new land
• Industrial parks w/few jobs per acre
• Investing w/out concern for society/ecology
• Dependence on import of necessities
• Mail Order campaigns, catalog shopping
• Supermarkets and investor-driven utilities
• Waste of fossil fuels enriches utility investors
• Major Employer's Group
• Seeking military contracts
• National pension funds for globalization
• "Health Maintenance" Organizations
• Tax Breaks for insiders
• Landfills

   Who Wins:

• everybody benefits, including future generations, who receive our legacy of beauty and abundance.

   Who Wins:

• developers, contractors, bureaucrats, speculators get rich quick while future generations face shortages of fuel and food.