More than 250 prominent figures from Spain’s cultural and education communities have signed their names in protest against the current economic crisis.
They have called for more regulation against the market forces of finance and real estate speculation. Their belief is that this would be in the common interest.
This Friday they will be putting forward a manifesto for financial reforms that guarantee social equity and decent work that provides “worthy and sufficient " wages.
Their group, in alliance with Cándido Méndez from the UGT [General Trade Union for Workers] believes that sound labour laws are the best foundation for economically sustainable growth.
They have also made the sensible suggestion that the State could increase social services as a "powerful force" in the economy.
I am happy to live in a country where the term ‘intellectual’ is not an insult (as it usually is in Australia, for example) and where the vital activity of public debate is not just left to politicians.
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