Friday, October 23, 2009

More altruism

Following on my theme in the last post, of people volunteering to be penalised for the greater good, I found this story about a group of rich Germans calling for higher taxes to pay for "ecological programmes, education and social projects". Particularly significant is their recognition that what we need to take us on the path to recovery is environmental and social solutions, not simply more economic growth:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8321967.stm

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