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Beyond Funding: Getting Our Work Done Recap -

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Beyond Funding: Getting Our Work Done Recap -

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Cahn became incensed that the market and social welfare system essentially discard people who have no marketable value. They offer patronizing charity or contemptuous neglect, but not dignified engagement. Markets are fantastically powerful in using money and contracts to mobilize material resources, but they are woefully inept in mobilizing human beings to address social needs and inequities.

David Bollier at Yes! Magazine. Book Review: No More Throw-away People by Edgar Cahn

NO MORE THROW-AWAY PEOPLE: The Co-Production Imperative (Amazon)

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Stories of Time Dollar success showed four core values: 1. Assets. The real wealth of this society is its people. Every human being can be a builder and contributor. 2. Redefining Work. Work must be redefined to include whatever it takes to rear healthy children, preserve families, make neighbourhoods safe and vibrant, care for the frail and vulnerable, redress injustice, and make democracy work. 3. Reciprocity. The impulse to give back is universal. Wherever possible, we must replace one-way acts of largesse in whatever form with two-way transactions. “You need me” becomes “We need each other.” 4. Social Capital. Humans require a social infrastructure as essential as roads, bridges, and utility lines. Social networks require on-going investments of social capital generated by trust, reciprocity, and civic engagement. The predictable dangers are: Professional monopolization, professional exploitation, and professional domination. The essential element is a social justice perspective.

Summary by Juliet Adams at Time Bank Aotearoa New Zealand. Summary of No More Throw-Away People: The Co-Production Imperative.

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