The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare? Susan George commodityeducationfight Change image and share on social
I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol. Susan George automobilebuildcarbon share on social
The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis. Susan George bankbigcrisis Change image and share on social
Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that. Susan George beginningbuilddemocracy Change image and share on social
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. Susan George dealendgreat Change image and share on social
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. Susan George accompanyclasserosion Change image and share on social
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. Susan George administrationarmycolonialism Change image and share on social
What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands. Susan George capitalismimmediatelykind Change image and share on social
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. Susan George accountarithmeticcrude Change image and share on social
Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children. Susan George childcosteducate Change image and share on social