3c hapter - Index of

SCOR. See Small Company Offering
Registration
Seattle exchange, 200
Seattle Farm Co-op, 165
SEC. See Securities and Exchange
Commission
Securities Act of 1933, 22–23
Securities and Banking Acts of
1933, 25
Securities and Exchange Commission,
22–23, 131–135, 183, 189, 217, 224
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 22
securities laws, Kansas, 20–21
securities regulations
community capital and, 111
cooperatives and, 175–177
crowdfunding and, 132–136,
140–143, 224
direct public offerings and, 184
history of, 21–24, 200
nonpublic offerings and, 101–102
proposals to change, 141–142, 224
United Kingdom vs. United States,
138–139
Seedrs, 138–142
self-directed IRAs, 39–40
Sellaband, 130
Shaffer, Don, 217
Sheth, Sagar, 5, 17, 30, 50
Shuman, Michael, 15–16, 23–24, 193
Silva, Carlos, 138–142
Silverman, Josh, 36
SKS Microfi nance, 129
Slow Food, 44, 147–148
Slow Money, 44–46, 158, 216, 225
Slow Money Principles, 150
Small Business Administration (SBA),
6, 9, 47–48
Small Business Investment Incentive
Act, 183, 187
Small Business Jobs Act, 8
small business
bank lending and, 11–13, 65–68
characteristics of a locavestor
business, 49–50
credit freeze and, 11–13
disadvantage compared to large
business, 51–53
federal contracts and, 49
innovation and, 6
job creation and, 6
Index 251
politics and, 3–11
size parameters, 47–49
structure, 48–49
United Kingdom and, 136–137
Small Company Offering Registration
(SCOR), 184
Small Is Beautiful, 147–148
Smiley, Jane, 113
Social Venture Exchange (SVX), 216
socially responsible investing (SRI),
60, 217
Sohl, Jeffrey, 10
Sonoma Creek GoLocal Cooperative, 71
speculation, investment versus,
205–209
Spinrad, Paul, 141
Spring Street Brewing Company,
187–190
SRI. See socially responsible investing
Standard Stock Exchange of
Spokane, 201
Stearns, Tom, 119–122, 127
Stiglitz, Joseph, 8, 27
stock exchanges
consolidation of, 201–202
direct public offerings and, 216–218
local, 199–202, 210–216
role of regional exchanges, 199–201
stock markets, alternative, 218–219
stock offerings
direct, 182–183
public, 181–182
stock ownership, 205–206
stocks, delisted, 204
Stockton-Bagnulo, Jessica, 110–113
Stonyfi eld Farm, 154
Storm Industries, 16
structure, small business, 48–49
Sunkist, 166
sustainable, 152–153
Sustainable Economies Law Center, 141
sustainable fi nance, 152–153
sustainable food, 150–151
T
Taibbi, Mike, 25
TARP. See Troubled Asset Relief
Program
Tart Hardware, 4
Tasch, Woody, 45–46, 147–151
tax havens, 57–58