The Transition movement spends a lot of time on the issues of the end of cheap oil and global climage change. However, there is another global problem looming, that isn't getting as much attention as the first two - the global economic meltdown that started in 2008.
This page is a place where we've collected links to some important web sites that look at the global economic structure with a Transition eye - that is, with an eye to sustainability and resilience.
Zero Hedge
Tyler Durden's economics blog and news aggregator truly is
a zero wiggle-room space; its analyses of the current economic
situation out there is spot-on.
It occasionally uses economics "buzzwords," but even given that,
it's a very good source of information about the world as it is,
free of the censorship you find in the corporate media.
Money as Debt
This 47-minute long animated video exposes some of the secrets
behind what money really is and what the people who manage it
do their business.
Watching this movie is one of those red pills from which
there's no going back. Once you've learned the real nature
of money, you'll never be able to look at banking or
commerce in the same way again.
The Crash Course
This is a video seminar by Chris Mortenson, a trained
research scientist and former Fortune 300 VP.
It shows - lucidly - where we are as a society, and where
our actions are leading us.
It's broken down into 20 short videos, with topics such as
"What Is Money?", "Debt", and "A National Failure to Save".
The site also has a
45-minute version
in six parts if you don't have time to take the whole course.
Although it is based in economics, Mr. Mortenson says it's
really about "The Three 'E's" - economy, energy, and
environment.
Shadow Government Statistics
This site maintains a library of alternatives to the official
economic statistics offered for our confusion by the Federal
Government.
In their words, "significant material is provided free
of charge to the public on this Web-site, including a Primer
Series on key economic reporting, opened back-issues of the
newsletter and Special Reports, and an expanding library of
charts monitoring official data, as well as graphs of our own
Alternate estimates."
Slow Money
"Slow Money's mission is to build local and national networks,
and develop new financial products and services, dedicated to:
* investing in small food enterprises and local food systems;
* connecting investors to their local economies; and,
* building the nurture capital industry."
Slow Money - Next Steps
This is a page about Slow Money on the Democracy in Action web
site; it discusses where the movement is going, based on the
results of a survey conducted over the past few months.