We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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David BoyleDavid Boyle is an associate at the new economics foundation (nef). He is the co-author (with Sherry Clark and Sarah Burns) of Hidden work: co-production by people outside paid employment (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2006). He is the author of The Tyranny of Numbers (Harper Collins/Flamingo, 2001-02), and of Blondel's Song (Viking Penguin, 2005). He is co-founder of the London Time Bank network. His website is here. Recent articlesAnita, and the future of business
The business pioneer and environmental and human-rights campaigner Anita Roddick will be seen as one of the key figures of the last century, says David Boyle. Strip-mining communitiesThe useful, life-giving and non-remunerative work people do for each other is not included in governments' calculation of economic value. It should be, says David Boyle. |
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