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It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics. ↗

— Susan George

#getting #into #now #people #politics

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

#anything #beyond #got #important #important things

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. ↗

— Susan George

#acquisitions #actually #called #course #downsizing

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

#america #been #crises #during #elite

This club is all about winning trophies and we've got a chance of bringing the greatest trophy of them all back to Anfield, so it means a great deal obviously. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#back #bringing #chance #club #deal

The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat. ↗

— Susan George

#buy #contrary #dietary #first #first thing

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

#commodity #education #fight #healthcare #marketable

There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production. ↗

— Susan George

#consumption #contribute #lot #people #production

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

#bring #change #change things #degree #going

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

#anything #been #coming #done #feel