At 4:01 PM 1/24/97, Robin Hahnel wrote: >the work that I have published with Michael Albert on "participatory >planning." Robin, what's your answer to the critique pungently summarized by Nancy Folbre, who said that your utopia sounded like one long student council meeting? Meaning in part that it's hard politically to sell all that involvement; atomized individuals are quite happy to delegate all that, they just want more. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>