The word “economy” literally means to look after or manage our house, or our home. Economics today has lost sight of this fundamental idea. We have effectively allowed the economy to take over our economy. And so our activities revolve around these three tenets...
Discovering, in Mel Ziegler’s words, “the hidden chasm between where things are and where things would better be,” and stringing up “a makeshift bridge to attempt the crossing.”
“The rung of the ladder was never meant to rest upon,” explains Thomas Huxley, “but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.”