Grassroots Economics Book
Grassroots Economics is a book about building power at the edges. In a world where capital often flows top-down—from institutions to individuals—this AlloBook offers a different approach: start with communities, and design systems that trust them to decide.
From mutual aid groups to neighborhood DAOs to underfunded global South movements, the book highlights how local knowledge and lived experience can—and should—drive funding decisions. It explores grassroots-driven mechanisms for allocation, including participatory budgeting, micro-grants, trust networks, and coalition-led funding.
Through stories, frameworks, and toolkits, Grassroots Economics offers practical guidance for activating decentralized capital allocation at the hyperlocal level. It’s designed for organizers, builders, and stewards seeking to embed equity, access, and autonomy into their financial systems.
Rather than scaling for scale’s sake, the book embraces a different model: depth before breadth, trust before tokens, and liberation over leverage. The result is a compelling framework for funding movements, not just markets.