The library will be open, so we will indeed meet!
As agreed toward the end of last week’s meeting, we’ll continue our discussion about the local economy. If you weren’t there, take a look at some of the links posted by Mike Wolf a few days ago and come prepared to discuss what’s going well, what’s not going so well and how we might improve things without impairing the atmosphere/culture/environment that has attracted lots of folks to the Blue Hill Peninsula.
“Free Money Miracle” (Mises)
Demurrage Currencies (Wikipedia)
State “Income Migration” Claims Are Deeply Flawed
“The Future of Telecommuting (Yonatan Zunger)” (Plus article)
Local Currencies around the world
While Local Currencies can be on the rise (Forbes)
11 Local Currencies (Berkshares )
Plusses and minuses of Berkshares
Another critique of Berkshares (Center for New Economics)
Pros and Cons of Single Currency (BBC)
Maine State Somali immigration report
Fact Check Somalis in Lewiston
Causes of declining geographic mobility
Books mentioned:
“The Great Leveller”
“In the garden of the beasts”
We plan to revisit discussion about “our local economy.” Come prepared with your thoughts!