There are many versions of the saying ["we are nine meals from anarchy"](https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/every_nation_is_about_nine_meals_away_from_a_revolution), the first one appearing in print in 1896. Most recently, there was a Schumacher Lecture delivered by Andrew Simms in 2008, entitled ["Nine Meals from Anarchy: Oil Dependence, Climate Change and the Transition to Resilience."](https://neweconomics.org/uploads/files/e0923bb9ffdeef6ebd_34m6bv9jo.pdf) - mentioned in [[From What Is to What If]]