In January of 2006 I published (electronically) a paper titled The Organic Economy. The process of writing it had taken a couple of years, including long stretches without any writing.
I’m feeling that the time is right to revise this piece of work. It could be made much more relevant and direct, and much more useful. Times have changed since 2006, and I’ve certainly changed. I think that there is something of real value in the paper, but it needs to be presented in a more accessible way.
Instead of trying to be comprehensive or present a complete framework, I will be striving to offer something of more direct and immediate relevance to the economic challenges being faced by people, businesses and communities everywhere.
I don’t have huge amounts of time to dedicate to this work, so I have no real idea when I’ll have something ready to share, but hopefully it will be within the next few months.
After taking a closer look at things, I don’t think that revising the paper is the way to go. My approach, my style, and the things I want to communicate and emphasize are very different this time around. So if I do this it will be a new piece of work, not a revision of the old.