Basada en Cambridge, Massachusetts, la GEAN (Global Alternatives Network) propone analizar y monitorear la emergencia de "prácticas ejemplares" de iniciativas y principios de economía alternativas, enfocando la atención en como aquellas actividades conjugan organizaciones de trabajo egalitarias con la sostenibilidad ambiental, la produccions de calidad y saludable de bienes y servicios, y la asistencia social y económica mutua.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the GEAN proposes to analyze and monitor the emergence of 'best practice' alternative economic initiatives and principles, with a focus on how these activities conjugate new, egalitarian work organizations with environmental sustainability, healthy/quality production of goods and services and mutual social and economic assistance. The GEAN seeks to reflect on the significance and role of such economic initiatives in developing a coherent theoretical framework based on actual economic practice, alternative to both liberalism and neo-liberalism.