If We Did Go Into A Recession,

There Is No Economic Imperative That Will Condemn Us To Deplete Our Vital Resource Base, But Neither Is There An Invisible Hand That Will Prevent Us From Doing So.

It's Not So Unusual To Run Out Of Someone Else's Currency.

At The Most Basic Level, The Key To Ending Extreme Poverty Is To Enable The Poorest Of The Poor To Get Their Foot On The Ladder Of Development.

We Are Not At War (except With Our Own Demons).

Our Challenge, Our Generation's Unique Challenge, Is Learning To Live Peacefully And Sustainably In An Extraordinarily Crowded World. Our Planet Is Crowded To An Unprecendented Degree. It Is Bursting At The Seams. It's Bursting At The Seams In Human Terms, In Economic Terms, And In Ecological Terms