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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Davos: We don't want your millions, mister

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Davos: We don't want your millions, mister:

Davos: We don't want your millions, mister

I don't want your millions, Mister,
I don't want your diamond ring.
All I want is the right to live, Mister,
Give me back my job again.

-- 1930s union song by Jim Garland

The world's poor are not begging for charity from the rich, writes the Guardian's Robert Newman, – they're asking for justice and fairness.

As the world's one-percenters gather for this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, they can feel