The self-regulatory character of an ecological economy would also have to be expressed by regulatory tools that go beyond law. They include some of the following, discussed in my first book regulatory tools: the scale and spatial design of both economies and production processes. Local and regional scale organically builds in certain kinds of accountability. The ecoindustrial networks, discussed in chapter III, and the use of local natural and/or recycled materials, discussed in chapters IV and V, are examples of this. monetary system design, particularly that which mitigates the often destructive impact of monetary scarcity on everyday decision-making. This creation of scarcity has been a means of maintaining labour market discipline. But when people are forced to do anything for cash, communities and the environment usually suffer. As I showed in my book, community currencies can be employed that both alleviate or at least mitigate the compulsive power of money, allowing social and ecological values to influence the development process. Basic income schemes, and other ways of assuring that peoples basic needs are covered, can do something similar. But community money systems, besides being more selfregulating, can also be employed to support local green market creation. finance, since control of investment money is a powerful influence on the direction of development. Green community financial networksincluding development banks, credit unions, revolving loan funds, pension funds, etc.can engage in preferential lending to green business. They are among the most important factors shaping the direction of the economy.