A disconcerting part of the (small g) greenish, cooperative and alternative economy movements is fond of proposals for “New Deals” of one kind or another (Green New Deal, and so forth). I say “disconcerting” because, given the broad tendency of those movements to favor decentralism, economic relocalization and horizontal governance, the New Deal is —…

We need to stop abusive and reckless corporate behavior by removing the policies which cartelize wealth in an anti-market fashion, not keep what we have and redistribute the wealth through the state.