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 bookbottlebuy 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
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
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
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
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
What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we're rooted somewhere, they've got our address, right? Susan George addresscorporationfair Change image and share on social
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 comefeelhave share on social
As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status. Susan George consumedowngraderich Change image and share on social