social planning (was 'revolution and proletariat')

[Michael Hoover]

> Angela,
> Just getting to your post.  Could you give me some recommendations for
> reading on the Webbs and eugenics??
> marta

I'm not Angela nor do I play her in cyberspace but you might check out
Beatrice Webb's _My Apprenticeship_ where she expresses her admiration
for Herbert Spencer and her _Our Partnership_ where she expresses a
lack of faith in the abiliies of the 'average man' (her phrase) and 
suggests that a room full of working people approaches 'raving 
imbecility' (again, her phrase).

Anthony Crosland discusses the Webbs' eugenicism in his book _The
Future of Socialism_ (which I wouldn't otherwise mention unless
you wanted to read about social democracy).   Michael Hoover