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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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.

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 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...

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...

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.

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 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.

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.

Subsidize... or lend.

Subsidize... or lend.

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

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

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...

Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land.

Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land.

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....

I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go...

I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go...

We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive,...

We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive,...

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...

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives,...

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives,...

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has...

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has...