num_pages: 252
description: How individuals and communities can profit from local investing In the wake of the financial crisis investors are faced with a stark 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. In The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit from It  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.
language: English
title: Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It
publisher: Wiley