The New Republic, December 18, 1971
NOT EVERY CRANNY of the American economy is occupied by profit-hunters. Here and there, nonprofit cooperatives have sprung up, providing their member-owners with almost every kind of service or product. Some work very well.
The New Republic, December 11, 1971
NO OTHER economics book that I have read possesses the lucidity, grace or compassion of George’s classic. And while there are faults in George’s reasoning, and much of what he says has been blunted by the passage of time, what strikes the modern reader is how extremely pertinent this book remains.
The New Republic, November 6, 1971
SINCE the end of the 19th century it has been characteristic of the oil industry to restrain competition through one means or another, the aim being to administer production and prices so as to maximize profits.
The New Republic, July 17, 1971
The kind of progress Hopis can’t absorb is that which makes them dependent upon white man’s jobs or welfare, destroys their attachment to the earth, and profanes their religion. The tragedy lies not only in our readiness to commit cultural genocide, but in our inability to listen to a people who’ve been around a lot longer than we have, and may know something we don’t know.
The New Republic, July 3, 1971
The root problem is to decrease America’s appetite for neon glitter, artificial air and electricity-devouring conveniences such as aluminum beer cans — or, if that can’t be done, to arrange that those who desire electricity bear the full costs of its production.
The New Republic, June 19, 1971
IT’S HARD for people in cities to appreciate the need for land reform in the United States. Most of us have been so cut off from the land that, through ignorance, we accept present landholding patterns as desirable or inevitable. They are neither.
The New Republic, June 12, 1971
UNTIL the 1920s, it was natural for field laborers to aspire to become small farmers. Today it is almost unthinkable.
The New Republic, June 5, 1971
A HUNDRRED years ago, land for the landless was a battle cry. How things have changed.
The New Republic, April 10, 1971
THE OTHER DAY I received a telephone call from a harried civil servant named Wayne Thrush. Mr. Thrush works in the department of the Internal Revenue Service that tracks down delinquent taxpayers, of whom I am one.
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