A Century Ago, Petroleum - What We

The Dividing Line Between Wish And Need Was Never Clear.

All Uk Nuclear Power Stations Should Be Shut Down Without Delay.

The Rise To Prominence Of The Saudi Novel In Arabic Is The Great Man-bites-dog Of Recent World Literature. Saudi Arabia Is A Country Without A Free Press, Where European Styles And Forms Are Distrusted And Where The Female Half Of The Population Became Literate Only In This Generation.

The Truth Is, Of Course, That History Is Not Completed In Modern Commerce Any More Than Philosophy Is Perfected In Political Economy. In Other Words, There Is Nothing Timeless Or God-given About Filling Stations And Penicillin And Plastic Bags.

In Modern Society, Where Most People Live In Cities, And Where Both Needs And Wishes Are Absolved Through The Same Remote Agency - Money - The Distinction Between Wishes And Needs Has Altogether Vanished.