As David Korten showed in the first edition of this hard-hitting book, the steps taken to address the financial meltdown - including pouring trillions of dollars into bailouts for the Wall Street institutions that created the mess - did nothing to deal with the reality of a failed economic system. K[...]
Part memoir, part financial detective story, and part expose, this is the account of a microfinance insider who joined the industry in the early 2000s with a newly minted MBA and the intention to do good in the world. But over the course of eight years, he became increasingly disillusioned and alarm[...]
"We humans live by stories", says David Korten, and the stories that now govern our society set us on a path to certain self-destruction. In this profound new book, Korten shares the results of his search for a story that reflects the fullness of human knowledge and understanding and provides a guid[...]
"When Corporations Rule the World" explains how economic globalization has concentrated the power to govern in global corporations and financial markets and detached them from accountability to the human interest. It documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful ef[...]
* Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time* Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting thereIn "The Great Turning," David Korten argues that "Empire," the organization of society throu[...]
Vårt hopp ligger inte hos Wall Street, menar Korten, utan hos Main Street som skapar verklig rikedom utifrån verkliga resurser för att möta verkliga behov. Han skisserar en agenda vars syfte är att föda en ny ekonomi - lokalt förankrad, gemenskapsorienterad och hängiven ambitionen att skapa [...]