http://www.radio4all.net/program/52253Podcast for Program: #554 - Homo MiserabilisFri, 03 Jun 2011 22:06:06 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/52253The show this week looks at 'human needs' - a concept so deep as to go largely unquestioned by the ideologues of economics and economic development. We start with a reading from an anthropology professor which challenges ideas of 'primitive' people's poverty, before some of an essay by Illich on "Needs". In our second hour, some easier listening - a radio adaptation of a film on consumerism, Shop Til You Drop.Unwelcome Guests CollectiveFri, 03 Jun 2011 22:06:06 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/52253The show this week looks at 'human needs' - a concept so deep as to go largely unquestioned by the ideologues of economics and economic development. We start with a reading from an anthropology professor which challenges ideas of 'primitive' people's poverty, before some of an essay by Illich on "Needs". In our second hour, some easier listening - a radio adaptation of a film on consumerism, Shop Til You Drop.Unwelcome Guests CollectiveFri, 03 Jun 2011 22:06:06 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/52253The show this week looks at 'human needs' - a concept so deep as to go largely unquestioned by the ideologues of economics and economic development. We start with a reading from an anthropology professor which challenges ideas of 'primitive' people's poverty, before some of an essay by Illich on "Needs". In our second hour, some easier listening - a radio adaptation of a film on consumerism, Shop Til You Drop.Unwelcome Guests CollectiveFri, 03 Jun 2011 22:06:06 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/52253The show this week looks at 'human needs' - a concept so deep as to go largely unquestioned by the ideologues of economics and economic development. We start with a reading from an anthropology professor which challenges ideas of 'primitive' people's poverty, before some of an essay by Illich on "Needs". In our second hour, some easier listening - a radio adaptation of a film on consumerism, Shop Til You Drop.Unwelcome Guests CollectiveFri, 03 Jun 2011 22:06:06 +0000