248 <strong>Index</strong> H Hamilton, John, 84–86 Hardmeyer, Eric, 74 Hasset, Michael, 88 havens, tax, 57–58 Hawaii Stock Exchange, 220 Hazen, Paul, 170, 178 HCA, 203 Hershey Foods, 7 Hesse, Dante, xvii–xxi, 16, 23–24, 152, 154–157 Hicks, Sander, 113 High Mowing Seeds, 119–122, 127 high-frequency trades, 207–208 Hoenig, Thomas, 67, 73 Honey Gardens, 122 Hoover administration, 21 Horizon, 155 Hough, David, 169 HSBC, 34 Huffi ngton Post, 70–71 Huffi ngton, Arianna, 29 Huntington, Derek, 71 I Illinois Department <strong>of</strong> Commerce and Economic Opportunity, 41, 59–60 independent booksellers, 108–112 IndieGoGo, 129–130 individual investors, and community development loan funds, 89–91 and direct public <strong>of</strong>ferings, 183–186 and the stock market, 23–26, 141, 190, 205–206, 218 Individual Retirement Accounts. See IRAs initial public <strong>of</strong>fering (IPO), 13–16, 181 Facebook, 193 initial public <strong>of</strong>fering market, 14, 203 shrinking, 202–205 Inquiries into the Nature <strong>of</strong> Slow Money, 149 Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 45 International Cooperative Alliance, 162 International Year <strong>of</strong> Cooperatives, 164 Internet sales, taxes on, 60 intrastate <strong>of</strong>fering exemption, 24n9, 184 Investbx, 214 investing, local, 33, 39–41, 96–98 investment, speculation versus, 15, 205–209 investors, accredited, 22–23, 139, 140, 142, 157, 215, 223 IPO. See initial public <strong>of</strong>fering IRAs, self-directed, 39–40 J Jackley, Jessica, 127–129, 143–145 Jasper Hill, 122 Johnson, Pete, 122, 127 K Kansas, securities laws, 20–21 Kassan, Jenny, 192–193 Katovich, John, 193, 202, 209 Kaufmann Foundation, 224 Key Technologies, 214 Kickstarter, 127, 129–130, 135 Kim, Edward, 15, 204–205, 215, 219 Kimberton Whole Foods, 212–213, 215 Kiva, 127–131 Klein, Andrew, 187–190, 195 Kolff, Helen, 98 Kolff, Kees, 96, 98, 101 Korine, Harmony, 130 kye, 33 L La Montanita Food Co-op, 163 La Montanita Fund, 163–164 Lachman, Desmond, 56–57 LAM Fund. See La Montanita Fund Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 209 Land O’Lakes, 166 LanX, 209–216 large-cap stocks, 38 Larsen, Chris, 132–135 Lawton, Kevin, 140, 142 Lehman Brothers, 27, 38 Lending Club, 130–131, 134 lending, person-to-person, 126–128, 131–138 Lifestyles <strong>of</strong> Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), 34 Lindstrom, Christopher, 153–154 LION. See Local Investment Opportunity Network Little, Melinda, 115–116 Livesay, Johnny, 160 Lo, Andrew W., 208 Long, Michelle, 61 loan funds, community development, 87
loans, bridge, 121–122 local banks, 69–71 75, 76 local companies benefi ts to community <strong>of</strong>, 40–45 diversifi cation, 38–39 job creation, 59–60 pr<strong>of</strong>i tability, 37 risk and, 38 local currencies, 44 local food systems, 32–34, 39, 150–151, 153, 173 local food movement, xxi, 32–33, 35, 150–152 local funds, 221–224 local investing, xii–xiv, 39–41, 60–61, 73, 120, 210, 216, 217, 221, 224–225 Local Investment Opportunity Network (LION), 96–98, 100, 102–103 local multiplier, 41–45 local stock exchanges, 199–202, 210–216, 219–220 direct public <strong>of</strong>ferings and, 216–218 local washing, 34 local, as business strategy, 33–35 locavesting defi nition, 32–33 benefi ts to community, 39–45 business case for, 33–39 locavore, xxi, 32, 117, 150, 152 loss leaders, 52 LPL Financial, 178 Lutes, Terry, 41, 59–60 Lynch, Peter, 36 Lynn, Jeff, 130, 138–142 M Macy’s, 35 Mad<strong>of</strong>f, Bernie, 26, 135 Magazine Street, 43 manufacturing, 28–30, 137 Maple Valley, 172–173 market failure, 13–16 Marks Wealth Management, 51 Marks, Ben, 36, 51 Mauriello, Danielle, 143–145 Maytag Corp., 59 MCC. See Mondragon Cooperative Corporation McKenna, Laura Kind, 91 McQuillan, Joe, 92 <strong>Index</strong> 249 Mendocino Brewing Company, 186 Merrill Lynch, 27 Merski, Paul, 66 Meyer, Andrew, 122 Meyer, Philipp, 26 Michael, Chris, 191–193 micro-enterprises, 82–84 micro-patronage, 130 micr<strong>of</strong>i nance, 128–131 micr<strong>of</strong>i nance lender, 82–83 MicroPlace, 90, 129 MicroVentures, 136 Mikitas, Robin, 167 Mikitas, Scott, 167 Milk Thistle Farm, xvi– xxi, 49, 154–157 Ming Yang Wind Power, 14 misallocation <strong>of</strong> capital, 15 Mission Markets, 217–218 Mitchell, Deborah, 176 Mitchell, Stacy, 53–55 Moebius Technologies, 5, 17, 30, 49–50 Mom<strong>of</strong>uku, xvii Mondragon Cooperative Corporation (MCC), 165–166, 172 Moore, Mary, 5 Morgan Stanley, 27 Moulton, Eli, 36–37, 73–74, 120–121 Move Your Money campaign, 70–72 Mt. Townsend Creamery, 99 multinational workforce, 57 multiplier, local, 41–45 Murphy, Tod, 117 Mushkin Enhanced, 172 N NASDAQ, 14–15, 182, 195, 201, 215 National Cooperative Business Association, 170, 178 National Small Business Association (NSBA), 12 Natural Marketing Institute, 34 NCBA. See National Cooperative Business Association Neil, William, 173, 175, 178 New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, 84 New Rules Project, 53, 68, 124 New York Stock Exchange, 14, 182, 195, 201, 202, 206, 207, 215 Newman, Eric, 168
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