About the book:With a healthy balance between gravity and levity, this guide book will take you on a journey that brings historical understanding and personal anecdote together with contemporary challenges and practical solutions. Along the way, you'll examine the nature of currency, consider new ways to exchange goods and services, and explore how to become more self-reliant, all from a bird's eye view, unless you're afraid of flying.About the author:With an M.A. in Counseling & Psychology and a B.A. in Sociology, Mark is a technical-writer, a professional copy-editor, and a locally produced playwright. He has 20 years of experience in the fields of mental-health and social services, 10 years of experience with mediation/conflict resolution, and he has been a nonprofit fund-raiser and grant-writer since 1993. With 16 years of experience with nonprofit marketing, he was the founder and director of the Boulder Chapter of Colorado Dramatists, and he was the founder and artistic director of Rising Stage Theatre, which sporadically presents public-readings of original plays written by Colorado playwrights.