The New Republic, October 21, 1972
WHILE a small minority of Americans siphons off more money than it knows what to do with, a fifth of our population remains perennially poor, and millions more teeter on the edge of poverty. Ever-increasing production won’t, by itself, correct this. We also need to share better.
The New Republic, September 30, 1972
WHAT IS WEALTH, who gets it, and why? More to the point, why — despite wars on poverty, progressive taxation, relatively high employment and widespread educational opportunity — does our economy so stubbornly perpetuate inequality?
The New Republic, September 2, 1972
THERE must be a broad commitment by the federal government to assist agricultural workers, rather than tax-evading doctors, to become farm owners.
The New Republic, April 29, 1972
The book’s thesis is that a political majority can be built by rallying workers, minorities and young people around a banner that reads: “Some institutions and people have too much money and power, most people have too little, and the first priority of politics must be to redress that imbalance.”
The New Republic, April 27, 1974
THE VERY RICH, as F. Scott Fitzgerald observed, are different from us. They have pelf and power, exclusive schools, luxurious watering holes and above all, an abiding interest in preserving the economic system that so generously rewards them.
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, 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.
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