by John Kenneth Galbraith
November 1980's Issue
Power rarely spreads itself around. This issue of NI considers the impact of the few who rule so many.
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The Chosen Few
Power rarely spreads itself around. Issue editor Bob Hawkins considers the impact of the few who rule so many.
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Trickle down - a sticky business
Peter Adamson examines the Old and New Testaments of world development.
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The Great American Myth
Americans who think they live in a classless society are kidding themselves, argues Richard Kazis.
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After the alien exploiters...
Ashok Mitra fires a salvo at the Third World’s own brand of exploiters.
- Ashok Mitra
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Lords of the fields
Betsy Hartmann examines rural elitism in northwest Bangladesh.
- Betsy Hartmann
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Smooth-talking Generals
Latin American dictators and Thomas Hobbes had much in common, suggests Peter Woodruff.
- Peter Woodruff
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Ferdinand knows best
Denis Shoesmith says the 1980s are going to be dangerous years in the Philippines.
- Denis Shoesmith
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Views From Below
Words of the Brazilian poor prove the hollowness of elitist claims about the ‘stupidity of the masses’. From Mary Ireland interviews.
- Mary Ireland
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My Dear Friend
Dudley Seers shows us a letter from a development freeloader.
- Dudley Seers
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Homage to Catalonia
…being the book that glimpsed an egalitarian society during the Spanish Civil War.
- Anuradha Vittachi
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