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Category Archives: Viable Economy
Does housing financialisation deliver a Viable Economy for Greater Manchester?
Does housing financialisation deliver a Viable Economy for Greater Manchester? By James Scott Vandeventer, Steady State Manchester originally published by Greater Manchester Housing Action, 6 May, 2018. Manchester’s skyline is changing. Fast. While the dominant narrative is that dozens of … Continue reading
The Viable Economy … and Viable Finance
The Viable Economy – and Viable Finance Mark H Burton and Mike Riddell. pdf version (not updated) updated, 10 May. It is all too clear that our economy is precarious, economically, socially and ecologically. Steady State Manchester promotes the Viable Economy1, … Continue reading
Why do people move? Implications for a Viable Economy.
Why do people move, or not move? What impacts does moving have on places that people move to? What about the impacts on places that people have left behind? These were some of the questions we discussed at Steady State … Continue reading
Posted in community, international, Viable Economy
Tagged café conversations, city region, community, GMSF, migration, mobility, Spatial Framework, viable economy, well-being
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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
