This books brings together scholarly works on the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) both from
conceptual and empirical perspectives. The contributions were presented at the first-ever
international scientific conference on this topic in Bremen Germany organised by the School
of Graduate and Professional Studies (Institut für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung) of
Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences and the Research Council of the Economy
for the Common Good (Forschungsverein der Gemeinwohlökonomie e.V.) in November 2019. The
Economy for the Common Good (ECG) can be considered as a new approach in-line with several
socio-economic and political approaches that aim to frame economic activity within ecological
and social boundaries. But different to other approaches the ECG aims to embed economic
activities into a broader cultural and social context and to link them with the core human
values of dignity solidarity social justice environmental sustainability democracy and
transparency. The movement started in 2010 with the publication of the book Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie
(Economy for the Common Good) by Christian Felber and the presentation of a first version of
the common good balance sheet by a group of Austrian entrepreneurs. Since then the movement
has spread from the German-speaking countries to other countries especially in Europe and
Latin America.
