... and late 1800's, the development of worker co-ops, credit unions, and regulation of the anti-social consequences of monopoly economic power.

Given the dramatic range of actions that must be performed by government if we are to pursue development of an ecologically sustainable economy, I am very wary of pushing for government to take on activities that it could but need not perform.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.