Journals and Booklets

Over the course of his life he was the major contributor to, publisher, or editor of, a number of publications. Here we will gather basic information about them.

Journals

Free America 1937

In 1937 Borsodi and friends Chauncy Stillwell and Herbert Agar started and edited the journal Free America.

The Decentralist

Borsodi continued Free America and started a School of Living journal named The Decentralist.

The Interpreter

Following the war, he and Mildred Loomis started a new journal, The Interpreter, which continued to support the decentralist position.

Balanced Living

Balanced living was

The Green Revolution 1963

The Green Revolution was professional printed on newsprint, 11 by 17 inches, a single sheet folded to produce four pages. Curiously, the series started with Volume 1, Number 1, breaking the tradition of continuous number with the previous three titles. The consecutive number returned after about ten years and continued to the last issue in December 2018 when the publication was discontinued by the School of Living.

(A) Way Out 1963

Robert Anton Wilson, co-editor of Balanced Living, is credited with the new name of the journal. In 1963, it tapped into a younger vernacular but actually

 

Booklets

How To Economize 1938-1939

Borsodi and his wife produced a series of popular Homesteading Bulletins (booklets) entitled “How To Economize” to demonstrate the productive economics of household tasks.  These sold well at a quarter per copy.

Pan-Humanist Manifesto (Decentralist Manifesto) 1958

A Pan-Humanist Manifesto” was first issued by the Libertarian Social Institute, Bombay, India, October 1958. It was a 31 page, 5% by 8-inch pamphlet. The title of the pamphlet was later changed to “The Decentralist Manifesto,” with some minor editorial changes, and printed in the US.