December 2008



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1 Front Cover Image

2 Contents

3 Editorial
How to lose friends and alienate people.

3 Introduction
   About us


 4 Pathfinders
Future al Fresco

5 Letters

6 Material World
The new frontier

7 Cartoon
Irate Itinerant

8 Pieces Together

8 Contact Details

9 Cooking the Books 1
Keynes rides again.

10 Publications

11 Five benefits of not having money.

12 Continued from previous page

13 The return of Karl Marx
A German publisher has reported that sales of Das Kapital have increased dramatically.


14 Studs Terkel
    Merchandise


15 Robert Owen: paternalist utopian

16  Cooking the Books 2
The myth of magic money

17 Electrickery
Non-polluting electric cars could be mass produced but aren't.We examine why.

18 Why we need a theory
Towards a better understanding of the world in order to change it.


19
Book Reviews
Green Capitalism. Manufacturing Scarcity in an Age of Abundance.


20 Book Reviews
How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World

21 Obituary
 Carol Taylor


21 Meetings

22 50 Years Ago
Borstal Boy

22 Principles
Our Object and Declaration of Principles

23 Greasy Pole
Lucky Gordon?
24 Voice From the Back

24 Free Lunch

24 Back Cover image

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11 Five reasons to get rid of Money
Socialist society will have no need for money. This will profoundly affect all aspects of life.

13 The return of Karl Marx

A German publisher has reported that sales of Das Kapital have
increased dramatically.


15 Robert Owen: paternalist utopian
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Robert Owen. The Owenites introduced the word “socialism” but Owen himself always opposed the class struggle.


17 “Electrickery”
Non-polluting, electric cars could be mass produced, but aren’t. We examine why
.

18 Why we need a theory
Towards a better understanding of the world, in order to change it.





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3 Editorial
How to lose friends


4 Pathfinders
Future al Fresco


5 Letters

6 Material World

The new frontier


8 Pieces Together

8 Contact Details

9 Cooking the Books 1

Keynes rides again


16 Cooking the Books 2
The myth of magic money


19 Reviews
Green Capitalism.


20 Reviews

From poverty
to power


21 Meetings

22 50 Years Ago
Borstal boy


23 Greasy Pole

Lucky Gordon?


24 Voice from the Back

Poverty recruits; War is mental;
Vatican bonuses, and more


24 Free Lunch



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