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'Localist Movements in a Global Economy' Explores Localism's Meaning, Potential and Challenges

East Bay Express | September 9, 2009

David Hess has marshaled the intellectual arguments for localism using history, present success stories, and economic arguments. It is precisely in answering questions from friends and enemies that Hess' book is important.

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Tags: Buy Local, David Hess, localism, Localist Movements in a Global Economy: Sustainability, Justice, and Urban Development in the United States, sustainability, nonfiction, economic issues

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If one mayor represented all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, that person's 2.5 million constituents would live in the country's fourth-largest city. And just as these East Bay counties are very different from the rest of the San Francisco...

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