Grassroots Economics unveils a revolutionary economic model rooted in nature and ancestral wisdom. Drawing from real-world community resilience, it explores how resource pooling—mirroring mycorrhizal and human social networks—creates sustainable abundance. A transformative guide for activists, ecosystem stewards, technologists, economists, and changemakers seeking decentralized, cooperative, and regenerative resource coordination for a thriving future. This book is not an answer, but an invitation by the author—an invitation to explore new (and old) ways of coordinating resources, restoring trust, and creating economies that serve the well-being of all.
About Will Ruddick
Will Ruddick is founder of Grassroots Economics Faoundation and an economist, who combines traditional practices and economic innovation. After graduate school in high-energy physics at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and Economics at the University of Cape Town, his passion shifted to grassroots economics. As US-Citizen he opriginally came to Kenya with a peace corps. Since 2008, based in East Africa, he’s implemented successful programs in resource coordination with local groups across Kenya and engaged in activities such as ecosystem restoration, food and water security, connecting communities with their abundance, skills and talents. Founder of Grassroots Economics Foundation, he’s a pioneer on commitment pooling, an economic protocol inspired by ancestral wisdom. Globally, he consults on economics and collaborates with organizations like the World Food Program, the Red Cross, and the University of Cape Town’s Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit as well as with several community leaders around the world. He’s an associate scholar with the University of Cumbria’s Initiative.