When corporations rule the world, David C. Korten

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Korten, David C

Summary: "Growing Numbers of thoughtful business executives are joining social activists in a shared concern that the emerging global system of business has become a serious threat to long-term human interests. This controversial book goes beyond the prevailing conventional wisdom to address the often neglected issues of modern corporate power. In a well-reasoned, extensively researched analysis, David Korten exposes the harmful effects of economic globalization; sets out the underlying causes of today's social, economic, environmental, and political crises; and outlines a strategy for creating localized economics that empower people and communities within a system of global cooperation." "In When Corporations Rule the World, Korten shows how the convergence of ideological, political, and technological forces is leading to an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in a handful of corporations and financial institutions, separating their interests from the human interest, and leaving the market system blind to all but its own short term financial gains." "Korten documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful efforts of corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere to serve narrow financial ends. He explains why human survival depends on a community-based, life-centered alternative beyond the outmoded strictures of communism and capitalism, and suggests specific steps to achieve it." "Literate and authoritative, When Corporations Rule the World is insightful reading for business people, activists, and ordinary citizens who want to restore the balance of power in the world."--BOOK JACKET

Language: eng

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Publication

West Hartford, Conn., Kumarian Press, San Francisco, Calif., Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1996

Extent: x, 374 p.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Personal Journey.
p. 1
1.
From Hope to Crisis.
p. 17
2.
End of the Open Frontier.
p. 25
3.
Growth Illusion.
p. 37
4.
Rise of Corporate Power in America.
p. 53
5.
Assault of the Corporate Libertarians.
p. 69
6.
Decline of Democratic Pluralism.
p. 87
7.
Illusions of the Cloud Minders.
p. 103
8.
Dreaming of Global Empires.
p. 121
9.
Building Elite Consensus.
p. 133
10.
Buying Out Democracy.
p. 141
11.
Marketing the World.
p. 149
12.
Adjusting the Poor.
p. 159
13.
Guaranteeing Corporate Rights.
p. 173
14.
Money Game.
p. 185
15.
Predatory Finance.
p. 195
16.
Corporate Cannibalism.
p. 207
17.
Managed Competition.
p. 215
18.
Race to the Bottom.
p. 229
19.
End of Inefficiency.
p. 239
20.
People with No Place.
p. 249
21.
Ecological Revolution.
p. 261
22.
Good Living.
p. 277
23.
Awakened Civil Society.
p. 293
24.
Agenda for Change.
p. 307
Epilogue: A Choice for Life.
p. 325
Appendix: The People's Earth Declaration: A Proactive Agenda for the Future.
p. 329
Notes.
p. 335
Index.
p. 361
About the Author.
p. 375

Isbn: 9781887208017

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Korten, David C

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Language: eng

Summary: "Growing Numbers of thoughtful business executives are joining social activists in a shared concern that the emerging global system of business has become a serious threat to long-term human interests. This controversial book goes beyond the prevailing conventional wisdom to address the often neglected issues of modern corporate power. In a well-reasoned, extensively researched analysis, David Korten exposes the harmful effects of economic globalization; sets out the underlying causes of today's social, economic, environmental, and political crises; and outlines a strategy for creating localized economics that empower people and communities within a system of global cooperation." "In When Corporations Rule the World, Korten shows how the convergence of ideological, political, and technological forces is leading to an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in a handful of corporations and financial institutions, separating their interests from the human interest, and leaving the market system blind to all but its own short term financial gains." "Korten documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful efforts of corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere to serve narrow financial ends. He explains why human survival depends on a community-based, life-centered alternative beyond the outmoded strictures of communism and capitalism, and suggests specific steps to achieve it." "Literate and authoritative, When Corporations Rule the World is insightful reading for business people, activists, and ordinary citizens who want to restore the balance of power in the world."--BOOK JACKET