Hunger and Surplus Rise and Fall Together
By Donella Meadows
–May 7, 1987–
The simultaneous occurrence of hunger and of mountains of surplus food is obscene. It’s also expensive. And it’s persistent, in spite of hunger-reduction and surplus-reduction policies of many governments the world over.
Last year the United States, Japan, and Europe spent $100 billion to protect their farmers against low prices caused by agricultural overproduction. Half that amount [...]
Land Protection Is More than Champagne and Quiche
By Donella Meadows
–April 16, 1987–
Some people here in New England say that land protection is a “champagne and quiche” issue. They clearly doesn’t understand land economics. Land protection is an issue for hunters, fishermen, hikers, snowmobilers, anyone who is a tourist or has a tourism-related job, anyone who has a groundwater well, anyone who uses paper or lumber, drinks milk [...]
Winter Is Coming, and So Is a Recession
By Donella Meadows
–September 11, 1986–
A recent headline reads, “Recession May be Looming on the Economic Horizon.”
But a market analyst says, “Job growth is the economy’s bottom line, and it is signaling an expanding economy.”
Page 20 of a recent Business Week tells us, “The early data during the third quarter do not support a major fizzling out of the economy into [...]
