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Susan George quotes: The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.

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

Susan George quotes: 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.

Susan George quotes: 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.

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.

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: As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.

Susan George quotes: Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land.

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

Susan George quotes: What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.

Susan George quotes: 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.

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.

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: We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.

We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.

Susan George quotes: Subsidize ... or lend.

Subsidize ... or lend.

Susan George quotes: Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.

Susan George quotes: The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

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

Susan George quotes: If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

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

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

Susan George quotes: The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

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.

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: 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.

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

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

Susan George quotes: 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.

Susan George quotes: 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.