• Business, Community, Environmental Justice, Policy, Sustainable Development
• ComCap17, community capital, Featured, local economies, localism, sustainable development
• September 7, 2017

It’s the economy, stupid. In 1992, political strategist James Carville coined his catchy admonition ostensibly to keep his staff on message, arguably helping pave the way to Bill Clinton’s presidency. Carville’s “snowclone” phrase has since been bent and contorted into service across a wide swath of issues. It’s time to bring the expression home. “It’s the local economy” While nuanced in …