In this episode, I interview Michael H Shuman, an American economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a leading visionary on community economics. He is a Senior Researcher for Council Fire and Local Analytics, where he performs economic-development analyses for states, local governments, and businesses around North America. Michael has authored ten books and his book The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition, received a bronze prize for best business book of 2006.

In this episode, Michael and I explore what "local economy" means, why it is important, how the system is skewed to profit big corporations and how we can make better choices for ourselves for the world.