Grassroots Economics - Articles by Will Ruddick

By Will Ruddick
Sun 03 December 2017

Community Currency Design Course Opening

Grassroots Economics has opened up its archives of design and implementation to students world wide through a hands-on, practical course...

By Will Ruddick
Sat 21 October 2017

The Schumacher Center for a New Economics has supported us with inspiration and advice since we began with Eco-Pesa in 2010. Before...

By Will Ruddick
Mon 21 August 2017

Universal Basic Income (UBI), as currently under trial in Kenya by GiveDirectly, gives regular donations to individuals in selected...

By Will Ruddick
Fri 31 March 2017

We attended a meeting on DOEN's New Economy program, where our newest version of community currency bills were unveiled in Amsterdam. The...

By Will Ruddick
Tue 31 January 2017

If there is one movie this year that captures the life we see here in East Africa each day it is the Queen of Katwe. There is so much...

By Will Ruddick
Tue 17 January 2017

We're very happy to start the year with a visit from our Director of Risk Management Jimmy Heyns from Belgium with over 18 years of...

By Will Ruddick
Wed 21 December 2016

Happy holidays! We're seeing the power of community currencies in developing thriving communities and prospering economies. This year has...

By Will Ruddick
Thu 30 June 2016

Community Currencies in Kenya have gotten a lot of lime light this month! Ruth Mwangi our Program Director has been honored to visit the...

By Will Ruddick
Sat 07 May 2016

Sarafu-Credit users in five locations around Kenya have increased by over 83% since January 1st. Our Super Markets and Credit Clearing...

By Will Ruddick
Thu 21 January 2016

We began the year by looking at our successes and challenges with five Kenyan community currencies in 2015. Out of this came the...