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

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

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.

Markets cant think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets, which is why the important things in life have got to be taken outside of the marketplace.

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.

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

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.