We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land.
Jeremy GranthamModern 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.
Jeremy GranthamThe language "it's too late" is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigger crisis. The sooner we act on the environment, the better.
Jeremy GranthamThere is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.
Jeremy GranthamVolatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value-that they have stopped playing the asset game. They're not buying because it's a company with certain attributes. They're buying because the price is rising. People are playing games not related to any concept at all of what the long-term value of the enterprise is. And they know it.
Jeremy Grantham