Robin Hahnel famous quotes

We should know that only replacing the economics of competition and greed with the economics of equitable cooperation will guarantee a globalization that takes advantage of potential efficiency gains in ways that also promote environmental protection, international equity, economic democracy, and variety.
-- Robin Hahnel

#Greed #Competition #Environmental

Recognizing that the current form of globalization is nothing more than a generalized downward leveling in which global corporations are extracting more and more of the wealth, power, and productive energies from communities and the environment is the right approach... And knowing that in every specific battle, what we are fighting for is merely the substitution of the human agenda for the corporate agenda is what can guide and sustain us.
-- Robin Hahnel

#Fighting #Knowing #Community

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.

While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.

Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

Every guild and trade has its own...private patriotism, which makes it resent all rebellion from within and all competition or criticism from without. ...Vested Interests. The manufacture of optical glass...

It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us.

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust. Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.

I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness.