David C. Korten
Auteur de When Corporations Rule the World
A propos de l'auteur
David C. Korten is a cofounder and board chair of YES! Magazine, a cochair of the New Economy Working Group, the founder and president of the Living Economies Forum on Globalization, and a former Harvard Business School professor.
Œuvres de David C. Korten
Getting to the 21st Century: Voluntary Action and the Global Agenda (Kumarian Press Library of Management for… (1990) 26 exemplaires
People-Centered Development: Contributions Toward Theory and Planning Frameworks (1984) 12 exemplaires
Community Management: Asian Experience and Perspectives (Library of Management for Development) (1987) 4 exemplaires
Planned Change in a Traditional Society - Psychological Problems of Modernization in Ethiopia 1 exemplaire
When Corporations Rule the World by Korten, David C. (May 10, 2001) Paperback 2nd (1780) 1 exemplaire
Dunya par corporations key hukumrani 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America (2003) — Contributeur — 89 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1937-07-30
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Longview, Washington, USA
Nicaragua
Southeast Asia
New York, New York, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA - Études
- Stanford University (Graduate School of Business - MBA, PhD)
- Professions
- economist
university professor - Organisations
- Harvard Business School
Ford Foundation
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Positive Futures Network
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
International Forum on Globalization (tout afficher 7)
The People-Centered Development Forum
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Critiques
"In this book, Koretn argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely
one manifestation of what he calls 'Empire': the organization of society though
hierarchy and violence that has largely held sway for the past 5,000 years. The
Great Turning masterfully traces the roots of Empire to ancient times and
charts the long evolution of its favoured instruments of control, from
monarchies and bureaucracies to the transnational institutions of the global
economy." --back cover… (plus d'informations)
one manifestation of what he calls 'Empire': the organization of society though
hierarchy and violence that has largely held sway for the past 5,000 years. The
Great Turning masterfully traces the roots of Empire to ancient times and
charts the long evolution of its favoured instruments of control, from
monarchies and bureaucracies to the transnational institutions of the global
economy." --back cover… (plus d'informations)
For anyone who has doubts about how pervasive corporations are in global politics, this is a book you need to read. Korten published the original edition, which is the bulk of this 20 year anniversary edition, in 1995, but it is as fresh as it was then in unveiling the make-believe world of phantom wealth--money that is not based on any useful product or service. The mantra of continuous growth that, according to libertarian economic theory, will eventually lead to the end of poverty is a myth, and instead is more of a suicide economy which does not recognize the limitations that nature puts on us.
After fully outlining the death spiral we are inexorably heading toward as caused by the transnational corporations, which feel no responsibility to any community or person, Korten outlines what he calls a living economy. Such an economy is locally based, locally owned and responsive to community needs. It does not exploit nature beyond its limits, It is not based on growth of money, but rather on meeting the needs of society and respecting humans and nature. I am convinced, as is Korten, if we do not move more in the direction of market based living economies, instead of capital based exploitative practices, we may do irreparable harm to the earth and the people that inhabit it. It is easy to feel depressed about where we are and how far we have to go to even bring about modest change, but I think it is worth striving for. We do not have to let corporations rule the world, and if we band together and develop alternative market based, local systems, we might just have a chance.… (plus d'informations)
After fully outlining the death spiral we are inexorably heading toward as caused by the transnational corporations, which feel no responsibility to any community or person, Korten outlines what he calls a living economy. Such an economy is locally based, locally owned and responsive to community needs. It does not exploit nature beyond its limits, It is not based on growth of money, but rather on meeting the needs of society and respecting humans and nature. I am convinced, as is Korten, if we do not move more in the direction of market based living economies, instead of capital based exploitative practices, we may do irreparable harm to the earth and the people that inhabit it. It is easy to feel depressed about where we are and how far we have to go to even bring about modest change, but I think it is worth striving for. We do not have to let corporations rule the world, and if we band together and develop alternative market based, local systems, we might just have a chance.… (plus d'informations)
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bness2 | 3 autres critiques | May 23, 2017 |
bness2 | 3 autres critiques | May 23, 2017 | Dated now ( 1996 ) but, all on the money ( ha ) ~ I never fully considered what would happen when a corporation owns 100 % of it's own stock ...
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Clear vision of an alternate economy and how we can get there with minimal dislocation.