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Category Archives: Viable Economy
What’s gender go to do with the viable economy?
A small, thoughtful group met in Manchester City Centre to consider some of the key features of Steady State Manchester’s flagship policy proposals, the Viable Economy on a sunny summer’s night. We talked about the gender implications of the different … Continue reading
Posted in Greater Manchester, key concepts, Viable Economy
Tagged café conversations, DivaManc, gender, Greater Manchester, inequality, intersectionality, land, policy, women
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Policies for the City Region, the last installment: Community.
Here is the final piece in our serialisation of our policy suite: Policies for the City Region. Our argument here is simple: a viable economy requires a lively and resilient community. The State and local State can and must create … Continue reading
Unpacking how community business could make Greater Manchester’s economy more viable
May’s Café Conversation was held on 17.5.17 at Methodist Hall, Manchester. 15 people took part in a highly engaged, enthusiastic, structured discussion as part of Steady State Manchester (SSM) working on its journey on how to practically envision a shift … Continue reading
Posted in Business, community, community business, economics, environment, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester City Region, Viable Economy
Tagged community, community business, community economic development, community resilience, economics, environment, foundational economy, Greater Manchester, health, social change, Steady State Manchester, viable economy
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Check the party policies with our Viable Economy tool!
Bemused by the many promises on offer from the political parties? One way to evaluate them is against our “policy checker” based on our Viable Economy framework. We want to live in a world that is viable, rather than one … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Viable Economy
Tagged General Election, manifestos, plans, policies, strategies, viable economy
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Designing a viable Greater Manchester?
Is now the time to grasp opportunities and make the best of them? The highly successful film Demain which a packed audience saw in Manchester on Wednesday night suggests just that. The showing was organised by the Kindling Trust and … Continue reading
Well-Being and the Viable Economy
A report on our café conversation on Well-Being and the Viable Economy: Monday 23 May. We had vibrant (and noisy) discussions about well-being and the viable economy at the latest of our Steady State Manchester conversations. We used Ketso (www.ketso.com) … Continue reading
Posted in event reports, Living Well, Viable Economy
Tagged café conversations, Carolyn Kagan, community, events, Ketso, policy, viable economy, well-being
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What’s most important for Greater Manchester
We went to Chorlton and Whalley Range Green Festival on Saturday and ran an activity to help people engage with us. We took some of the ideas that underpin “official” thinking on devolution and economic development in the city region … Continue reading
Are small firms getting a good deal in Greater Manchester?
Did you know that there are 5.4 million small and medium-sized firms (those employing less than 250 people) in the country as a whole, employing some 23 million people? They are the heart of the economy and of any future … Continue reading
