Good Local Economics

Let’s begin the reinvention of city economies

The title of this new report is provocative. The questions of ‘good’ city economies should not only be taken as a measure of whether economic policy can be effective in producing growth. The deeper question to grapple with is, is there a kind of local economics that can be built on values and, in the way it works and what it produces, does good?

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Forging a good local society

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Five cities, 55 projects: Mapping ‘good’ local economics in the UK

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government

Devolution is an opportunity for more integrated care services

Economic Development Good Local Economics

Why self-employment can’t afford just to be about self

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The new divide in urban politics

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics

A four month ‘window’ to promote community social action

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Austerity has eroded the value of public sector work

Communities Good Local Economics

It’s time for a ‘massive small’ approach to places

The solution to ‘wicked issues’ is not a new big idea but massive small change, says Julian Dobson

One book I was particularly pleased to receive this year was The Radical Incrementalist, Kelvin Campbell and Rob Cowan’s urban manifesto and pattern book. It’s a call to open up the space for ground-up, incremental, experimental approaches to urban design and planning.