Industry Evolution Overview
The Urth Economic Framework defines eight core stewardship industries that have completed their innovation cycle. Each guild below represents a system once driven by extraction and competition, now evolving toward stewardship and coordination. Some functions, such as assurance, dissolve entirely as their purpose is absorbed by the collective integrity of the whole.
Finance & Banking
The Guild of Circulation
The Guild of Circulation transforms finance from speculation to service. Credit and liquidity become transparent commons utilities, enabling creation rather than control.
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The Guild of Resource Stewards
The Guild of Resource Stewards guides the shift from depletion to renewal. Energy systems and material flows are managed for equilibrium within planetary boundaries.
View IndustryHealth & Pharma Complex
The Guild of Care
The Guild of Care restores medicine to its purpose: healing and prevention. Health becomes a cooperative duty, not a subscription model for illness.
View IndustryLand & Housing
The Guild of Habitat
The Guild of Habitat redefines shelter as a right of belonging. Land is held in trust for communities, ensuring continuity, ecological balance, and fair access.
View IndustryDistribution & Retail
The Guild of Circulation Logistics
The Guild of Circulation Logistics harmonizes global supply. Redundancy and waste give way to shared infrastructure and transparent trade networks.
View IndustryTransportation & Mobility
The Guild of Movement
The Guild of Movement connects communities sustainably. Mobility becomes a cooperative network of access and inclusion rather than a field of private congestion.
View IndustryThe Function of Assurance
Dissolving into Stewardship
In a cooperative economy, risk is managed within every guild rather than sold as product. The Function of Assurance represents the integration of trust and transparency across all systems.
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The Guild of Protection
The Guild of Protection replaces perpetual conflict with stable defense. Security becomes mutual responsibility, balancing vigilance with restraint.
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