Abstract
Local is Our Future was published shortly before the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it makes a timely contribution critiquing economic globalization given the experiences of 2020. It emphasizes the need for shorter supply chains and champions local food systems by focusing on the structural forces that currently control the food system.
Highlights
Local is Our Future was published shortly before the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it makes a timely contribution critiquing economic globalization given the experiences of 2020
In the first three chapters, Norberg-Hodge explains and details the costs of economic globalization, which provides an adept introduction to understanding the structural impacts of financial deregulation on health, food security, environmental consequences, and growing inequality
The fourth chapter covers a topic that might seem unlikely to be included in a book on local futures, as it describes the rise of extremism, yet this is a crucial analysis for current events
Summary
Local is Our Future was published shortly before the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it makes a timely contribution critiquing economic globalization given the experiences of 2020. In the first three chapters, Norberg-Hodge explains and details the costs of economic globalization, which provides an adept introduction to understanding the structural impacts of financial deregulation on health, food security, environmental consequences, and growing inequality.
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