Socialist Standard May 2012

Socialist Standard magazine May 2012

Editorial - Caring is not enough
Features -
After the Gold Rush
Care, or couldn’t Care less?
Homelessness For Sale
Queen Capital’s Jubilee
What about the workers?

REGULARS
Pathfinders (Science and Politics)
Material World – India’s God Industry (Hindu nationalism)
Cooking the Books - Banking demystified again
Cooking the Books - Has money gone?

50 Years Ago - The Grim Liberal Record
The Greasy Pole – Maude Gone Mad?
Voice from the Back - News items of interest culled from around the globe.

Book Reviews -
Intrusion. By Ken MacLeod
Abundance. The future is better than you think. By Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
The Dharma of Capitalism. By Nitesh Gor

Theatre Review -
Bingo - Scenes of Money and Death by Edward Bond