Table of contents

PREFACE - Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson

LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
1. The Upside of Down: Confessions of an Ex-bureaucrat
2. Who are the Problem Solvers? How the Solutions Economy Works
3. Economic Reconciliation: Re-imagining Indigenous Economics

LET'S SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS
4. Food for Change: An Example of Connecting Problem Solvers with Problems
5. Power Up: Energy and Employment Solutions for First Nations
6. Growing Solutions: Diversifying the Food System to Curb Health and Other Costs
7. Correcting the Corrections System: An Employment Solution to an Expensive Crime Problem

8. Making Money, Making Change: Social Entrepreneurs
9. Measuring Change: A 'Seven Generations' Economy
10. On Uber and Complementary Currencies: Modern Tools for Old Problems

THE REINVENTION OF GOVERNMENT
11. Reinventing Government: A Word to Bureaucrats and Politicians
12. The End of Welfare: The Case for a Cost-Neutral Basic Income Guarantee
13. A $15 per Hour Minimum Wage: Full-Time Work Should Pay the Bills
14. Agree to Agree: Transforming the Political Spectrum
CONCLUSION - An Army of Problem Solvers