The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we...

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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,...

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.

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.

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce,...

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce,...

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to...

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to...