If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.

Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy.

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

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.

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like.

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