Introduction: Cereal milk for the Gods
I: The economics of local
Motherhood, apple pie, and political theatre : how we are failing our small businesses
Blue skies, pipe dreams, and the lure of easy money : our financial legacy and its unintended consequences
Buy local, eat local ... invest local : reconnecting investors and businesses
The local imperative : leveling the playing field
Experiments in citizen finance
The last real baker? : relationship banking is not dead - yet
The biggest-impact financial sector you've never heard of : community development loan funds reach out to individual investors
A model to LIONize : how one pacific northwest town engineered a quiet revival
Community capital : it takes a village, or a police force, or perhaps some farmers
Pennies from many : when social networking met finance
Slow money : finance for foodsheds
From brown rive to biofuels : co-ops on the cutting edge
The do-it-yourself public offering : the allure of public venture capital
Back to the future : the rebirth of the local stock exchange.