Inequality of Conditions Remedy
A Book Review of Thomas Picketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2017)
Thomas Picketty, in Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2017) argues, with impressive documentation, that inequality is substantial and is…
Topic: equality
In Praise of Gandhi: Technology And The Ordering Of Human Relations
During the 20th century, Friends were deeply influenced by Gandhi’s concept of nonviolent resistance as a tool for social and political change. They have been less sympathetic to his ideas on technology, although as Sibley makes clear, those ideas were rooted in Gandhi’s religious beliefs and in a testimony of simplicity not unlike that of traditional Quakers.