Economy is a broad cateogy that reports, analysis, vision and strategy for production, consumption, and/or allocation, and that defies the myth that “there is no better alternative” [to capitalism]. The focus is often on post-capitalist economic strategies, models and frameworks and on activism and projects that are working on non-reformist reforms that are challening the existing economic system while also laying the foundation for an alternative economic system that is better for society and better for the environment.
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