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.
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, March 20, 1971
The New Republic, March 20, 1971
MOST STATES in America welcome population growth. They like the clout it adds to the local economy, to representation in Congress and in the electoral college. Not Oregon.
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