“A good family farm produces more, in net terms, than the farm family consumes. The good farmer has secured enough land to grow crops and support his or her livestock. The extra production beyond the farm family’s own consumption can… — Jørgen Randers Copy Share Image
“Short-termism also dominates in the marketplace. The market uses a discount rate of 10% per year (or more) when comparing costs now with benefits in the future. This means that a benefit that lies twenty years ahead will be valued at one-tenth of its real value. In other words, a problem twenty years in the future will be worth solving… — Jørgen Randers Copy Share
“At a private lunch when I recently asked one of the world’s highest-ranking international diplomats what, among all the possible scenarios for Pakistan, was the most positive vision she held, everyone around the table laughed nervously. This diplomat was surprisingly honest. She admitted that she had not one positive vision for Pakistan. She was candid about a view that leaders… — Jørgen Randers Copy Share
“A good family farm produces more, in net terms, than the farm family consumes. The good farmer has secured enough land to grow crops… — Jørgen Randers Copy Share Image
There is only one more thing for me to say: Please help make my forecast wrong. Together we could create a much better world. — Jørgen Randers Copy Share Image
