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Susan George Quotes

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn’t collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded Picture Quote #1

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good Picture Quote #1

We’re trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas Picture Quote #1

How do we get democracy at the international level? That’s our problem. and it’s essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally Picture Quote #1

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt Picture Quote #1

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees Picture Quote #1

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It’s Europe, it’s Australia, it’s the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job Picture Quote #1

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics Picture Quote #1

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster Picture Quote #1

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children Picture Quote #1

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What’s immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands Picture Quote #1

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like Picture Quote #1

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing Picture Quote #1

What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we’re rooted somewhere, they’ve got our address, right? Picture Quote #1

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can’t even measure yet Picture Quote #1

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process Picture Quote #1

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There are a lot of people who don’t contribute anything to consumption and production Picture Quote #1

Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy Picture Quote #1

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you - all of these things have been generally eroded Picture Quote #1

If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol Picture Quote #1

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I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to say, let’s get rid of the market, because the market does render a huge number of services, and I don’t want to have a fight about the price of something every time I buy a book or a bottle of water Picture Quote #1

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We’ve seen only the tiniest beginnings of that Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status Picture Quote #1

We have the most crude accounting tools. It’s tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn’t tell us the things that we need to know Picture Quote #1

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things Picture Quote #1

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Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn’t collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded. (Susan George Quotes) What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good (Susan George Quotes) We’re trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas (Susan George Quotes) How do we get democracy at the international level? That’s our problem. and it’s essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally (Susan George Quotes) Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt (Susan George Quotes) The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too (Susan George Quotes) 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. (Susan George Quotes) If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees. (Susan George Quotes) If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It’s Europe, it’s Australia, it’s the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job. (Susan George Quotes) It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics (Susan George Quotes) If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster (Susan George Quotes) Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children (Susan George Quotes) What’s immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands (Susan George Quotes) What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like (Susan George Quotes) Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing (Susan George Quotes) What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we’re rooted somewhere, they’ve got our address, right? (Susan George Quotes) What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can’t even measure yet (Susan George Quotes) This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process (Susan George Quotes) There are a lot of people who don’t contribute anything to consumption and production (Susan George Quotes) Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy (Susan George Quotes) Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you - all of these things have been generally eroded (Susan George Quotes) If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees (Susan George Quotes) 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 (Susan George Quotes) I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol (Susan George Quotes) I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to say, let’s get rid of the market, because the market does render a huge number of services, and I don’t want to have a fight about the price of something every time I buy a book or a bottle of water (Susan George Quotes) Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We’ve seen only the tiniest beginnings of that (Susan George Quotes) 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 (Susan George Quotes) As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status (Susan George Quotes) We have the most crude accounting tools. It’s tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn’t tell us the things that we need to know (Susan George Quotes) There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things (Susan George Quotes)

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