Membership of co-operatives outnumbers shareholders in the UK, and co-ops have outperformed the UK economy since the credit crunch.

Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their upkeep during the economic recession.

The Green Party has called for an end to "arbitrary, ego-driven economic policy-making". It wants an "open, rational debate" about sustainability.

The end of the Cold War has led to the false hope that all humans would be treated equally, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.