"This book outlines a new brand of economics and politics that empowers local people to regain control over what happens to their communities."" --Utne Reader. ""Every city or community, rich or poor, should make Going Local required reading for their employees, elected officials, and citizens."" -- Paul Hawken, author of The Ecology of Commerce. ""Americans don't want a top-down solution for every problem, and they don't need one, either."" -- Sen. Paul Wellstone."