“The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.” Although by any conventional measure it is folly… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“One problem with the division of labor in our complex economy is how it obscures the lines of connection, and therefore of… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The astounding variety of foods on offer in the modern supermarket obscures the fact that the actual number of species in the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
There are fundamental tensions between the biological reality of the planet and the economic reality. To some extent you can adapt the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
We're always projecting our moral categories on things. I think that's inevitable. But capitalism places no particular value on morality. Morality in… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Specialization is undeniably a powerful social and economic force. And yet it is also debilitating. It breeds helplessness, dependence, and ignorance and,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“To join the makers of the world is always to feel at least a little more self reliant, a little more omnicompetent.… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
If you're a politician it's very useful to say that we can have economic growth and at the same time green the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I think historically modern economics, capitalist economics, tends to erode moral categories... And this is where I think the right gets capitalism… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
My work has gotten more political over time, but once you start exploring food, you find you're up against economics and politics… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
We could have a greener economy, even a greener consumer economy by changing the rules - whether it's by taxing carbon or… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“In the same way that the picturesque designers were always careful to include some reminder of our mortality in their gardens -- a ruin,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
My hope is that if people have the knowledge, and if they actually see where their food comes from and have access to the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The problem is that we let special-occasion food become everyday food. That goes for soda and french fries. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are people who… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, the word for “cook,” “butcher,” and “priest” was the same—mageiros—and the word shares an etymological root with “magic.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I have to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.” Although by any conventional measure it is folly to pay… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most afflicts the gardener.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Growing corn, which from a biological perspective had always been a process of capturing sunlight to turn into food, has in no small measure… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Eat with consciousness. When you eat with consciousness, and you know what you're eating, and you eat it in full appreciation of what it… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
