Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 20 September
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Michael H. Shuman has been working on local economy issues for 15 years. He’s an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur.
Michael argues that there are a number of initiatives communities must take to support local economies and small business ¬– and that the knock-on effects of local investment are vast: building strong communities and fostering employment, food and industry growth and security.
Sometimes there’s nothing better than a good rant. Every Thursday, the Wheeler Centre hosts an old-fashioned Speakers’ Corner in the middle of the city, where writers and thinkers can have their say on the topics that won’t let them sleep at night.
Featuring some of our most compelling voices across just about every sector of human endeavour you can imagine, the themes dominating Lunchbox/Soapbox are proudly idiosyncratic. BYO lunch. Ideas provided.
Featuring
Michael Shuman
Michael H. Shuman is an American economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a fellow at the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Cutting Edge Capital, and Post-Carbon Institute. He has authored, co-authored, or edited eight books.
His most recent book, just published by Chelsea Green, is Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity. His previous book, The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition (Berrett-Koehler, 2006), received as bronze prize from the Independent Publishers Association for best business book.
He regularly helps communities analyse economic ‘leakages’ and job-creation opportunities from expanded locally owned, import substituting businesses. A prolific speaker, Shuman has given an average of more than one invited talk per week, mostly to local governments and universities, for the past 30 years. He has lectured in 47 US states and eight countries.