num_pages: 128
description: From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement a primer on working towards a localized world From disappearing livelihoods to financial instability from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression we face crises on a number of seemingly unrelated fronts. This well-referenced book traces the common roots of these problems in a globalized economy that is incompatible with life on a finite planet. But Local is Our Future does more than just describe the it describes the policy shifts and grassroots steps  many of them already underway around the world  that can move us towards the local and thereby towards a better world. 
language: English
title: Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness
publisher: Local Futures