>Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 01:52:00 -0700 >From: Stephen Straker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: "S. Lerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: BR: New Democracy Forum >Status: U > >Dear Sally, > >Has this item been noticed in FW? It ought to be of interest, especially >Juliet >Schor's piece on consumption and those that follow. > >http://bostonreview.mit.edu/ndf.html > >New Democracy Forum > >The purpose of *Boston Review*'s New Democracy Forum is to foster politically >engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious debate about fundamental >issues of the day -- both on and off the agenda of conventional politics >-- and >to say something about how we might better address them. The project grows out >of political convictions, a practical premise, and a sense of urgent need. > >Topics (each with multiple essays, listed for the 1st topic): > >What's Driving Consumption? > The New Politics of Consumption Juliet Schor > Market Failures Robert H. Frank > The Stone Age James Twitchell > The Price is Right? Jack Gibbons > Quality of Life Clair Brown > The Personal Level Betsy Taylor > Postmodern Markets Douglas B. Holt > A New Puritanism? Craig J. Thompson > Too Much Economics Michele Lamont and Virag Molnar > Leisure for All Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein and John > Schmitt > Juliet Schor Responds > >Do Rights Handcuff Democracy? >Global Action to Prevent War >Is Equality in Our Nature? >The Promise of Immigration >The Future of Media >Keeping the Lid On: Local Control in a Global Economy >Reflecting All of Us >Going Global? >The End of War? >Getting Wages in Gear >New Directions for Campaign Finance Reform >A Plan to Save the Cities >The New Inequality, and What to Do About It > >best wishes, > >Stephen Straker ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Vancouver, B.C. >
