Michael is an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and one of the world’s leading experts on community economics and local investment (michaelhshuman.com). Shuman has authored or coauthored eight books. His latest book is entitled The Local Economy Solution: How Innovative, Self-Financing “Pollinator” Enterprises Can Grow Jobs and Prosperity.
Michael has also written Local Dollars, Local Sense: How To Move Your Money From Wall Street to Main Street & Achieve Real Prosperity highlights a broad range of local tools for funding enterprise. He’s a founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). He is also an adjunct instructor in community economic development for Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.