I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this.

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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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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,...

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...

Subsidize... or lend.

Subsidize... or lend.

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...