Farming and technology will give us hope

Since 2008 we are living under the effects of the economic meltdown. The collapse of the international financial markets has revealed the problems that are at the heart of the global economy today.

Throughout history humans have used barter gold and money as the means to exchange goods and services. Modern banking since the Industrial Revolution has displaced this traditional role. Now it is increasingly about useless speculation.

We have entered into the era of what John Maynard Keynes called the “casino economy.” The financial markets have become increasingly divorced from real economic activity. Speculation and gambling are the main activities of international finance.