# \[1997\] Leverage Points
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
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> **[Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System](https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/)**
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> By Donella Meadows~ Folks who do systems analysis have a great belief in “leverage points.” These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small shift in one thing can produce big...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
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> **[Twelve leverage points](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_leverage_points)**
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> The twelve leverage points to intervene in a system were proposed by Donella Meadows, a scientist and system analyst who studied environmental limits to economic growth. The leverage points, first published in 1997, were inspired by Meadows' attendance at a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) meeting in the early 1990s, where she realized a very large new system was being proposed but the mechanisms to manage it were ineffective. Meadows, who worked in the field of systems analysis, propo...