The coming battle over land and property

This is the title of an article in this week's New Statesman by its editor Jason Cowley. It gives a good overview of the historical background to the great "unquestioned" issue of democracy and market capitalism.

It represents only the beginning of a debate and cries out for letters in response.

For a much better informed debate, please encourage your contacts to subscribe to this website by emailing me. It would also be good to see CentreForum's proposal to have Philippe Legrain write a book on the subject move forward - for which some £15,000 is sought by the publishers.