2 Mar 2018

Local Economy Bolstering Policies Cited by The Atlantic in Story on Amazon & Walmart

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The movement against Walmart in the mid-aughts was well-documented (and well led by our capable co-director Stacy Mitchell), but what of a similar movement against the latest retail behemoth Amazon? That is a question that The Atlantic‘s Alana Semuels is hoping to answer in her story, “A Small Town Kept Walmart Out. Now It Faces Amazon.”

For Semuels’ story, she reached out to Stacy Mitchell in order to get a sense of the policies that communities are adopting both to push out big-box stores and how that leaves them vulnerable for Amazon.… Read More

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23 Feb 2018

Brendan Greeley on Why We Need a Pro-Competition Political Party (Episode 40)

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Economics writer Brendan Greeley joins Stacy Mitchell and Christopher Mitchell to discuss what we all get wrong when we talk about economic indicators and how he’s working to change that.… Read More
22 Feb 2018

Energy Democracy Media Roundup – Week of February 19, 2018

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This week in Energy Democracy news: In Indiana, the wind down of net metering rules means that customers are scrambling for installation; a Kentucky anti-solar bill gains traction, and critics; this Michigan group is pushing a ballot initiative that will get the state to 30% renewable energy soon; and Virginia Democrats deal utility monopoly Dominion a harsh blow in flexing their monopolistic muscle in the state legislature.… Read More
19 Feb 2018

Public Banking in San Francisco: Next City Cites ILSR’s Research

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Newly-installed Next City editor Oscar Perry Abello has long been interested in policy changes that make cities more equitable for all of its residents. In this piece from Next City Abello delves into the concept of public banking. In the article, he cites our research and quotes ILSR co-director and Community-Scaled Economy initiative director Stacy Mitchell on the Bank of North Dakota and the myriad benefits it offers its residents.… Read More
12 Feb 2018

Marketplace Features Community Composting Entrepreneurship, Interviews Brenda Platt

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Britta Greene of New Hampshire Public Radio reports a story featuring the local economic power of community composting. For her story broadcast on Marketplace on February 12th, 2018, Greene detailed composting entrepreneurship in northern New England and gained national context from ILSR co-director and Composting for Community initiative director Brenda Platt.… Read More
12 Feb 2018

Quincy’s Patriot Ledger Quotes Christopher Mitchell on Benefits of Municipal Broadband

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In the News: Christopher Mitchell February 12th, 2018 Media Outlet: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, Massachusetts is looking toward the neighboring community of Braintree and their municipal broadband network. In Erin Tiernan’s story on local connectivity in Quincy, she reached out to our Community Broadband Networks initiative director Christopher Mitchell for context on what developing a municipal broadband network … Read More

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