We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land.

The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.

Capitalism believes that its remit is exclusively to make maximum short-term profits.

The world is using up its natural resources at an alarming rate, and this has caused a permanent shift in their value. We all need to adjust our behavior to this new environment. It would help if we did it quickly.

Although value is a weak force in any single year, it becomes a monster over several years. Like gravity, it slowly wears down the opposition.

Some societies are also more optimistic than others: the U.S. and Australia are my two picks Tell a European you think there’s a housing bubble and you’ll have a reasonable discussion. Tell an Australian and you’ll have World War III. Been there, done that!

Modern agriculture has been accurately described as a way of turning oil into food. As the price of oil continues to rise, so will the price of food.