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January's Lowdown
Yes we can manage this country without the corporate priesthood--the cooperative movement shows us how
We're being told by today's High Priests of Conventional Wisdom that everyone and everything in our economic cosmos necessarily revolves around one dazzling star: the corporation. This heavenly institution, the HPCW explain, has such financial and political mass that it is the optimal force for organizing and directing our society's economic affairs, including the terms of employment and production.
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Hightower is a top creative citizen
The Lowdown happily announces that Hightower is the recipient of the 2009 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. The Puffin Foundation Ltd. and The Nation Institute are the mutual sponsors of this annual award given to "an individual who has challenged the status quo through distinctive, courageous, imaginative and socially responsible work of significance." The prize gives Jim a great back slap--plus a chunky check for his good works.