Many
world religions and Islam in particular have condemned the lending of
money at interest because money then becomes an end in its own right.
What is the history of this and what might be the economic rationale
behind such an injunction ?
The
British government's White Paper on science policy set in train an
increasing commercialisation and militaristion of academic endeavour.
How does this measure up against both classical and feminist values ?
The
Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th centuary are here set in a
context of colonisation - both internal within the British state and of
the mind. Land reform is therefore psychodynamic as well as economic.
Report
of a visonary programme linking black and ethnic minority communities
who are eager to shape a multicultural Scotland by engaging with the
new Parliament.