New Haven Independent

Legislative Diet for a Small State

by Paul Bass | February 3, 2006 9:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

“Nobody ever explained that there are many ways to organize a market economy,” Frances Moore Lappé (above), author of the eco-classic Diet for a Small Planet, told Connecticut progressives Thursday. “And we sort of absorbed the idea that there’s only one way, and that is: Highest return of existing wealth. Everything is based on how to bring the highest return to those folks.” She spoke at a gathering where a legislative agenda for Connecticut was unveiled, based on a different set of principles. Click here for Dan Levine’s report.

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