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At the Essentials Economy, we offer four different ways to earn Patronage Points. Each one serves a purpose. Each one builds your stake in the new economy. Here is everything you need to know. 1. Special Priority Access Patronage Point Purpose: To raise the Emergency Fund for buying grocery stores. How to Earn: Time Limit: What

If we ask ourselves honestly—which are we first: a consumer or an investor? We all know the answer in one sentence: the consumer comes first. But our attention is always drawn to whatever we focus on most. And in the current system, our attention is relentlessly directed toward investment. As human beings, we are both consumers and

The old economy has it backwards. In the current system, a business gets its capital from investors. The investors provide the money, take the risk, and claim the profit. The customer is seen only as a source of revenue—a target to be extracted from, not a partner to be shared with. But this is a