Good Local Economics

Social enterprise needs funding too

One aspect of social enterprise development, and almost certainly one of the most important, is achieving ‘the S word’ – sustainability.

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

What’s the role of the voluntary sector in local economies?

Finance Good Local Economics

Why do the poorest pay the most for banking?

Communities Finance Good Local Economics

Big finance has failed us, let’s give small finance a go

Communities Finance Good Local Economics

The community finance revolution

Communities Good Local Economics

‘Tough love’ for jobseekers played down after Miller’s ‘mistake’

Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Which Leps are developing resilient local economies?

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Q & A with Mike Toye: Building a new local economics, Canadian-style

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

Utopias that work: How to create tomorrow’s garden city

An aerial vision of how Oxford might grow according to Urbed’s Garden City vision

Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, Urbed’s Nicholas Falk talks through his winning entry and urges new garden cities to capture the ‘common wealth’ for local good

A conference in Letchworth Garden City, like the event on Common Good Placemaking held in early September, inevitably creates a positive feeling that through common or shared efforts anything is possible. Yet the reality of Letchworth, and subsequent failed attempts, is that good intentions are not enough to create a utopia in a market driven world.