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Susan George quotes

American Activist July 26, 1950

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Markets can't 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. Susan George
Susan George quote: "Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay..."
Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children. Susan George
I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to say, let's get rid of the market, because the market does render a huge number of services, and I don't want to have a fight about the price of something every time I buy a book or a bottle of water. Susan George
Susan George quote: "The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is..."
The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too. Susan George
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. Susan George
Susan George quote: "What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good."
What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good. Susan George
Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded. Susan George
There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things. Susan George
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
Susan George quote: "What I worry about is climate change, because that would have..."
What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet. Susan George
There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency. Susan George
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. Susan George
The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years. Susan George
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
Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt. Susan George

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