Shaping the Future:
1.
Prelude to Multilateral Free Trade
"Eighty five percent of the world trade in wheat, corn, coffee, cotton, iron ore, and timber are controlled by a handful of companies through their multiplicity of subsidiary operations"
2.
"Sustainable" Development?
"It is without rational optimism that I conclude, crisis appears to be the only viable impending catalyst for unwanted change"
3.
Anticipated Global Changes
"Water drawn off from tributary rivers drained the Aral Sea itself, salinity increased, fish died off, the ports were left high and dry, miles from the waterfront, and airborne salts poisoned agricultural land. Serious human health problems were found to have resulted from salts, fertilizers and pesticides."
4.
The Global Supply Crisis
"For example, copper output between 1800 and 1991 increased fifty seven thousand percent (570x) while the ore grade dropped from concentrations of eight percent down to just one percent. This meant that 4,560 times as much volume of ore had to be extracted and processed in 1991 than in 1800."
5.
Action Stations
"The deliberate acceleration of the mass production of toxins, since the so-called "green revolution" begat the chemical economy, is bearing anti-fruit in the biosphere."
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"Dvorak was a striking looking man, very short and thickly built, swarthy of complexion, and having a massive head... The contrast between him and his interpretor, Mr. Littleton, who was over six feet tall, and very thin, was remarkable, as they walked along the High Street."
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