I'm surprised, and a little depressed, by how many political arguments from the 1970's (and earlier) seem alive, well, and unresolved today. Take this quote:
Do the British people really want a society in which industialists and bankers have more power over Britain's economic future than the governments that they elect?
- Tony Benn 1973
Apparently we did, and look at the mess it's got us into.
Laurel and Hardy as economic policy anyone?