The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later.