Victorian Humanist Vol. Community health is discussed in terms of costs to employers and loss of production. In Victorian hospitals case mixed numbers are confused with the delivery of health services.
Education is to be seen as training for employment, rather than the acquiring of knowledge.
And already schools and universities are becoming dependent on corporate funding. Even innocent pleasures, like fishing from the end of a pier, will have a cost placed on them. It is no longer possible for members of a community to evaluate the merits of government decision making, because governments have already lost the power to significantly influence decisions made in the market place. Humanist have had a long history of concern for threats to democracy and community influence, and in this issue of the VH notice is given of a coming meeting on Privatization. Also included is a summery of Professor Susan Long's talk on consumerism.