ABSTRACT
In a “civic economy of provisions,” economic activity is based not solely on property ownership or the free market but on membership in a “global civil society” in which social structures are framed around civic relations, such as those within families and communities. The wealth of families and communities would be at the center of the economy’s purpose rather than wealth accumulation by individuals or nation-states. In this economy, all people would be ensured access to food, housing, health care, and education, and people would be asked to draw on their shared humanity to listen and learn from one another as they work together to solve difficult social problems.
