'The Earth is a Common Treasury', proclaimed the English Revolutionaries in the 1640s. Does the principle of the commons offer us ways to respond now to the increasingly destructive effects of neoliberalism? With insight, passion and an eye on history, Jane Goodall argues that as the ravages of neo-liberalism tear ever more deeply into the social fabric, the principle of the commons should be restored to the heart of our politics. Political science -- Australia. | Neoliberalism. | Commons. | Political culture -- Australia. | Income distribution -- Australia. | Australia -- Politics and government. | Australian