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« y Bookshop ^ Freud pioneered man's study of himself Dianetics (R) takes us to a new plateau in understanding the mind and how it works! Read: Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health by L.Ron Hubbard Price £1.20 paperback £7.30 hardback (post free) Write: Dept A, London Foundation, 68 Tottenham Court Rd., London W. 1. Please make money orders/ cheques payable to H.S.O.L. Copyright (C) 1950, 1978 by L . Ron Hubbard. All rights reserved. Dianetics (R) is a registered trade mark. Kathleen Newland Th e Sisterhoo d o f Ma n The impact of women's changing roles on social are! economic life around the work! A WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE BOOK CONSERVATION BOOKS * Recycled Stationery: Domestic and Commercial Papers and Envelopes * Personal Letterhead service * Envelope Re-use Labels * Posters * Over 650 Environmental Books stocked * Any Books supplied * Filmstrips and Cassettes For details of any of the above, please send a large SAE Conservation Books, (E), 228 London Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1AH. Tel: Reading 663281 (STD code 0734). Published by the Worldwatch Institute of Washington DC , they are available through the Ecologist at £1.00 each. New titles in this important series: 20. The global Economic Prospect: New Sources of Economic Stress, by Lester R. Brown. 21. Soft Technologies, Hard Choices, by Colin Norman. 22. Disappearing Species: The Social Challenge, by Erik Eckholm. 23. Repairs, Reuse, Recycling — First steps toward a Sustainable Society, by Denis Hayes. 24. The Worldwide Loss of Cropland, by Lester R. Brown. 25. Worker Participation — Productivity and the Quality of Work Life, by Bruce Stokes. 26. Planting for the Future: Forestry for Human Needs, by Erik Eckholm. 27. Pollution: The Neglected Dimensions, by Denis Hayes. Worldwatch Papers 28. Global Employment and Economic Justice: The Policy Challenge, by Kathleen Newland. 29. Resource Trends and Polution Policy: A Time for Reassessment, by Lester R. Brown. 30. The Dispossessed of the Earth: Land Reform and Sustainable Development, by Erik Eckholm. POOD, CUfflflTE, arm man Edited by Margaret R, Biswas & Asit K. Biswas ECONOMIC POWER For the last 60 years there have been two types of social system — capitalism and communism. Now there is a third. The small business alternative. In "Economic Power", author David Simmons analyses the theoretical advantages of the small business economy and its probable real-life characteristics. They include financial and social equality, high standards of living, and a more humane environment. The factual evidence cited includes studies of 3 European nations — which prove the financial, social, and moral success of the small business system. With an introduction by Mostafa Kama! Tolba John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. Price £16.75. Send £1.60 (payable to Gemini Books) to Dept. E. , 5 Russell Road, Northolt, Middlesex. Th e i 1 '' ' Stabl e Societ y E DW/- Its Structure and Control: towards a social cybernetics Hardback £3.80, paperback £2.60. Wadebridge Press, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, U.K.
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The Ecologist Vol 9No 6 Sept./Oct. 1979 Editoria l Nicholas Hildyard Crime and Punishment 182 Featur e Article s Ross Hume Hall The Hospital Food Scandal * 184 American Hospitals have abandoned their traditional kitchens and adopted fast-food catering services. Patients are now served wit h food o f minimal nutritonal value. A sit K. Biswas Climate and Economic Development 188 Economists have consistently ignored the influence of climatic factors on economic development i n the Tropics. The result: a series of environmental disasters. Edward Goldsmith The Need for a New Economics 196 Modern economics must be completely re-examined i n the context of man's total experience on this planet and that of natural systems i n general. Ken Penney Economics for a Post-industrial Society 200 Modern economic theory is based on a mechanistic view of the universe and economists rarely take account of environmental and social factors i n their planning. I t is time to reconsider the orthodox economic model. Report Charles Komanoff Capital Calamity 209 The economic fall-out from Harrisburg . Gleaning s 210 BOOKS 212 LETTERS 216 Cover Picture by Food and Agricultura l Organisation. Lay-out by Mike Frost. Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published in the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Published by Edward Goldsmith, Ecosystems Ltd, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, UK. Editors: Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. Managing Editor: Maria Parsons. Book Review Editor: Ruth Lumley-Smith. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Bernard Gilbert, Jimo Omo-Fadaka, Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, Nicholas Gould, Raymond Dasmann, Richard Wilson, John Milton (USA), Henryk Skolimowski (USA), Manfred Siebker, Sigmund Kval0y (Norway). ISSN 0141-6952 The Ecologist Vol. 9 No. 6 September 1979 Advertising: Tel: 020-881-2996 Maria Parsons 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall. Printed by: Penwell Ltd Park wood, Callington Cornwall. 181

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« y Bookshop ^

Freud pioneered man's

study of himself Dianetics (R) takes us to a

new plateau in understanding the mind and

how it works!

Read: Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health

by L.Ron Hubbard Price £1.20 paperback £7.30 hardback (post free) Write: Dept A, London Foundation, 68 Tottenham Court Rd., London W. 1. Please make money orders/ cheques payable to H.S.O.L.

Copyright (C) 1950, 1978 by L . Ron Hubbard. All rights reserved. Dianetics (R) is a

registered trade mark.

Kathleen Newland

Th e Sisterhoo d o f Ma n The impact of women's changing roles on social are! economic life around the work!

A WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE BOOK

CONSERVATION BOOKS * Recycled Stationery:

Domestic and Commercial Papers and Envelopes * Personal Letterhead service * Envelope Re-use Labels * Posters * Over 650 Environmental Books

stocked * Any Books supplied * Filmstrips and Cassettes

For details of any of the above, please send a large SAE

Conservation Books, (E), 228 London Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1AH. Tel: Reading 663281 (STD code 0734).

Published by the Worldwatch Institute of Washington DC , they are available through the Ecologist at £1.00 each. New titles in this important series: 20. The global Economic Prospect: New

Sources of Economic Stress, by Lester R. Brown. 21. Soft Technologies, Hard Choices, by

Colin Norman. 22. Disappearing Species: The Social

Challenge, by Erik Eckholm. 23. Repairs, Reuse, Recycling — First steps

toward a Sustainable Society, by Denis Hayes. 24. The Worldwide Loss of Cropland, by

Lester R. Brown. 25. Worker Participation — Productivity and

the Quality of Work Life, by Bruce Stokes. 26. Planting for the Future: Forestry for

Human Needs, by Erik Eckholm. 27. Pollution: The Neglected Dimensions, by

Denis Hayes.

Worldwatch Papers 28. Global Employment and Economic

Justice: The Policy Challenge, by Kathleen Newland. 29. Resource Trends and Polution Policy:

A Time for Reassessment, by Lester R. Brown. 30. The Dispossessed of the Earth: Land

Reform and Sustainable Development, by Erik Eckholm.

POOD, CUfflflTE, arm man Edited by Margaret R, Biswas & Asit K. Biswas

ECONOMIC POWER For the last 60 years there have been two types of social system — capitalism and communism. Now there is a third. The small business alternative.

In "Economic Power", author David Simmons analyses the theoretical advantages of the small business economy and its probable real-life characteristics.

They include financial and social equality, high standards of living, and a more humane environment.

The factual evidence cited includes studies of 3 European nations — which prove the financial, social, and moral success of the small business system.

With an introduction by Mostafa Kama! Tolba

John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Price £16.75.

Send £1.60 (payable to Gemini Books) to Dept. E. , 5 Russell Road, Northolt, Middlesex.

Th e i 1 '' ' Stabl e Societ y

E DW/-

Its Structure and Control: towards a social cybernetics Hardback £3.80, paperback £2.60. Wadebridge Press, 73 Molesworth

Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall

PL27 7DS, U.K.

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