Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.

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What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to...

I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to...

What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means...

What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means...

The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in...

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in...

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political...

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political...

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of...

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of...

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that...

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that...

Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what...

Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what...

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only...

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only...

Markets can't think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets,...

Markets can't think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets,...

The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not...

The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not...

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a...

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a...

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.

Subsidize... or lend.

Subsidize... or lend.

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and...

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and...

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national...

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national...

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to...

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to...

There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production.

There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production.

The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it...

The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it...