Mrs. Green talks with Michael Shuman, an economist, attorney, author and entrepreneur, and one of the world’s leading experts on community economics. He has authored, coauthored or edited eight books and is a founding member of BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies). Michael has given an average of more than one invited talk PER WEEK, mostly to local governments and universities for the past 30 years. In this interview he discusses two of his books: The Local Economy Solution – How Innovative, Self-Financing “Pollinator Enterprises Can Grow Jobs and Prosperity and his latest work Local Dollars, Local Sense – How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity.