needs and desires (Jim O'Connor)

[Barbara Laurence]

It's a mistake to think that early humans first grubbed for food and
shelter, then when they were fed and warm and dry made art. Or that
so-called badic needs come first, desire second. Early humans danced while
they stalked their prey; sang when they threshed grain; carved symbols on
their hoes. We radical economists and other Henwood Raiders try, sometimes
successfully, to write up our theories in artful ways. And so on -
Jim O'Connor