{"product_id":"locavesting-isbn-9781118972731","title":"Locavesting","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow individuals and communities can profit from local investing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the financial crisis, investors are faced with a stark choice: entrust their hard-earned dollars to the Wall Street casino, or settle for anemic interest rates on savings, bonds, and CDs. Meanwhile, small businesses are being starved for the credit and capital they need to grow. There's got to be a better way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLocavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit from It\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Cortese takes us inside the local investing movement, where solutions to some of the nation's most pressing problems are taking shape. The idea is that, by investing in local businesses, rather than faceless conglomerates, investors can earn profits while building healthy, self-reliant communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces you to the ideas and pioneers behind the local investing movement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProfiles the people and communities who are putting their money to work in their own backyards and taking control of their destinies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores innovative investment strategies, from community capital and crowdfunding to local stock exchanges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith confidence in Wall Street and the government badly shaken, Americans are looking for alternatives. \u003ci\u003eLocal investing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a way to rebuild our nest eggs, communities, and, just perhaps, our country.\u003c\/p\u003e Preface: Starting Anew vii \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Cereal Milk for the Gods xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Economics of Local 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Motherhood, Apple Pie, and Political Theatre 3\u003cbr\u003e How We Are Failing Our Small Businesses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Blue Skies, Pipe Dreams, and the Lure of Easy Money 19\u003cbr\u003e Our Financial Legacy and its Unintended Consequences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Buy Local, Eat Local . . . Invest Local 31\u003cbr\u003e Reconnecting Investors and Businesses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The Local Imperative 47\u003cbr\u003e Leveling the Playing Field\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Experiments in Citizen Finance 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 The Last Real Banker? 65\u003cbr\u003e Relationship Banking Is Not Dead – Yet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The Biggest-Impact Financial Sector You’ve Never Heard Of 79\u003cbr\u003e Community Development Loan Funds Reach Out to Individual Investors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 A Model to LIONize 95\u003cbr\u003e How One Pacifi c Northwest Town Engineered a Quiet Revival\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Community Capital 105\u003cbr\u003e It Takes a Village, or a Police Force, or Perhaps Some Farmers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Pennies from Many 125\u003cbr\u003e When Social Networking Met Finance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Slow Money 147\u003cbr\u003e Finance for Foodsheds\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 From Brown Rice to Biofuels 159\u003cbr\u003e Co-ops on the Cutting Edge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 The Do-It-Yourself Public Offering 181\u003cbr\u003e The Allure of Public Venture Capital\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Back to the Future 199\u003cbr\u003e The Rebirth of the Local Stock Exchange\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Cortese\u003c\/strong\u003e (New York, NY) is a financial writer who has spent her career writing about business, finance, environmental issues and food, giving her a unique perspective on how these different realms are intricately linked. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMagazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e, The DailyBeast.com, and many other publications. Cortese was previously senior vice president at online investment bank Wit Capital in the late 1990s. Throughout her career, including five years as an editor for \u003cem\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/em\u003e covering high-tech and Silicon Valley, she has taken complex topics and translated them into accessible, engaging prose for a general audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989540225253,"sku":"NP9781118972731","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118972731.jpg?v=1761784519","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/locavesting-isbn-9781118972731","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}