It is suggested that to get an
idea of the
liberal temper that pervaded the early twentieth
century, one need only to read A. Hamack's book, What is Christianity?
[4] And well over a
century later, we see Paddy Ashdown, leader of the newly formed
Liberal Democrats, returning to the
idea of the labour - managed firm: «in some cases, the present situation will be reversed... with workers employing capital and even hiring their own management».