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In this article, Edward Goldsmith examines the underlying causes of social breakdown, drawing from examples across the sweep of history. Published in The Ecologist Vol. 1 No. 13, July 1971. Another version was published as Chapter 20 of Can Britain Survive?. « previous chapter · contents · next chapter » When social systems (or any other system [...]
This is Chapter 20 of the book Can Britain Survive?, published by Tom Stacey, London, 1971, and Sphere Books, London, 1971 (paperback). Another version of this article was published in The Ecologist, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 1971. « previous chapter · contents · next chapter » When social systems (or any other systems) join together to [...]
This is Chapter 21 of the book Can Britain Survive?, published by Tom Stacey, London, 1971, and Sphere Books, London, 1971 (paperback). « previous chapter · contents · next chapter » Most schoolteachers and social workers would agree that the children who give them the greatest trouble are those with family problems. Such children may have a [...]
Published in The Ecologist Vol. 1 No. 6, December 1970, it explores the need for a stable society, and how this can be achieved. Further information about this central concept in Goldsmith’s thought can be found in the editor’s note here. Affluence for everybody is an impossible dream: the world simply does not contain sufficient [...]
