Compared to the worldwide value of commodities, stocks are nothing. Consider the underutilized “Earth Market,” the trading of values which in aggregate are as vast as the earth itself. Consider tradeable rights to emit pollution, to mine ore, to take stocks of fisheries; financial futures pegged to the value of specific forests, forest [...]

Compared to the worldwide value of commodities, stocks are nothing. Consider the underutilized “Earth Market,” the trading of values which in aggregate are as vast as the earth itself. Consider tradeable rights to emit pollution, to mine ore, to take stocks of fisheries; financial futures pegged to the value of specific forests, forest index futures, [...]