"Technical solutions like cap-and-trade do not change our ecological footprint, climate change or the frauds of banks and big business. The edifice must be debated and changed: the role of govt, the purpose of the economy and the illusions about the market"
"We face a democracy deficit, a striking gap between public opinion and public policy.. We have to reverse social engineering projects that promoted wasteful energy consumption, suburbanization and gentrification of neighborhoods.."
Noam Chomsky's new book is: "American Power. the New Mandarins."
to hear Professor Chomsky at Riverside Church, June 12, 2009, click on
http://free--expression.blogspot.com/2009/06/chomsky-at-riverside-church-nyc-12-june.html
Original: Noam Chomsky at Riverside Church