The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare?

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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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...