The Organization Is the Grant Proposal
Article prepared by RiverStephens.org and RiverGPT I recently met with two city officials whose work is to manage housing precarity and homelessness in both the city and…
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Creditism Wasn’t the Mistake. Centralizing Credit Was.
I recently came across economist Richard Duncan‘s idea of “Creditism.” His basic argument is that what we continue to call capitalism really isn’t capitalism anymore. Traditional capitalism…
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Relational Wealth; How Wealthy Are You?
Economists have a bizarrely unrealistic little character called homo economicus. He has all the necessary information, carefully weighs every possible choice, and then makes the decision that…
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The Iceberg Killed No One
Everyone knows the story of the Titanic. Big ship hits an iceberg, sinks, lots of people die. And the culprit, the focus of the story, is usually……
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Social Market Economy integrated with a Negative Income Tax (NIT)
Let’s let RiverGPT explain it (curated by me): A Social Market Economy integrated with a Negative Income Tax (NIT) combines the organic efficiency of a free market…
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Needs Cannot Be Reduced to Mere Categories: Why Reductionist Systems Fail
“Why do reductionist systems fail to address human needs?” Reductionist systems fail because human needs are interconnected and rarely fit neatly into institutional categories. When decisions are…
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Buridan’s Ass: Precarity is So Much More Than Just Scarcity
A Comprehensive Look At Community Stability Programs There’s an old philosophical thought experiment called Buridan’s Ass. Basically, there’s a donkey standing between food and water. He’s hungry…
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KommunityKoin as an Adaptive Cohousing System: Rebuilding Community Within the Neighborhoods People Already Call Home
Abstract Cohousing has emerged as a promising response to social isolation, population aging, caregiver strain, housing insecurity, and the weakening of neighborhood relationships. Conventional cohousing communities combine…
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When the System Fails, People Build Their Own: Understanding the Rise of Micro-Economies
Introduction Many people might assume that a “micro-economy” is just microeconomics with a hyphen. It’s a reasonable guess, but it’s wrong. Microeconomics is a field of study.…
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What the Village Movement Can Teach the Time Banking Movement (And Vice Versa)
Over the past two decades, the Village Movement has demonstrated something that many community movements struggle to achieve: consistent participation. Across the United States, hundreds of Village…