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.

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.

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

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.

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

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

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.