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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes...

There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes...