Plunder of the Commons

A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth

416 pages

English language

Published April 8, 2019 by Penguin Books, Limited.

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978-0-14-199062-0
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This is the best book I've read in a very long time. An absolute must-read!

It unites virtually all of Britain's problems, from failing health care to pollution and from migration to digital deprivation of liberty, in a clear-cut mechanism: the capitalist and neoliberalist policies and the individualistic view of man that goes with them.
Prof Standing dusts off a centuries-old series of laws, dating back to the Knight's Age, which listens to the name Charter of the Forest. Not surprising that this series of laws, together with the Magna Carta persisted until neoliberalism was elevated as the standard. That Charter mainly provided that essential living resources (commons) should be available to everyone and not only for this generation, but also for those to come. It should be possible to use water, forest, land and air for everyone, as well as to have access to justice, health care, knowledge (libraries, …

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