Interesting article on the dangers posed to public goods, such as libraries, by free market fundamentalism.

QUOTE: Like all fundamentalists who get their clammy hands on the levers of power, the market fanatics are going to kill off every humane, life-enhancing, generous, imaginative and decent corner of our public life. We're coming to see that old Karl Marx had his finger on the heart of the matter when he pointed out that the market in the end will destroy everything we thought was safe and solid."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...kill-libraries