Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded.

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Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better...

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better...

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if...

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if...

The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not....

The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not....

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,...

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.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control...

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control...

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...

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...

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...

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...

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially...

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially...

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

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

I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol....

I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol....

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...

Subsidize... or lend.

Subsidize... or lend.

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...

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to...

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to...

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...

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...