Permanent Citizens’ Assemblies
Makes the case for the creation of a new institution, one which would enable everyday citizens to give governments advice, on a regular basis, on a wide variety of public policies.
Economic Equality and
Direct Democracy in
Ancient Athens
Suggests that ancient Athenian democracy was made possible by the fact that a significant number of farmers had become owners of land, which enabled these economically independent men to demand a role in governing themselves.
The Ellen Meiksins Wood Reader
Collects in one volume a selection of readings from the works of one of the most important political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Agrarian Capitalism and
Poor Relief in England, 1500-1860
Considers the evolution of “relief” for those living in poverty in England over a period of three-and-a-half centuries, proposing a radical reinterpretation of the origins of the welfare state.
Inventing Tax Rage
Critiques the claims made for tax cuts in the Canadian newspaper the National Post, arguing in contrast that most citizens receive few net benefits as a result of low levels of taxation.