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In this episode, Nikishka and Andrew team up to interview the cooperative economy movement elder Ed Whitfield. Ed sheds lights on the practice of “non-extractive finance” and how it is used to advance “productive justice.” Highlights: • Ed defines non-extractive finance and contrasting it with the business-as-usual, highly-extractive form of finance that is commonplace • A fun deep-dive into Ed’s past that involved in radical protests on his college campus and how this was a continuation of his ancestral legacy • Charting Ed’s journey from blue collar work to working in the world of cooperative economics and finance • Ed shares the details of the business model of Seed Commons, a network of loan funds across the U.S.; along with a new local initiative Ed’s launching as a living example of Productive Justice You can check out the Show Notes for this episode (eg: Guest Bio, Links to Relevant Resources, and Transcript) at www.theroadtorepair.com/s1-ep2