David Korten
David Korten
David C. Kortenis an American author, former professor of the Harvard Business School, political activist, prominent critic of corporate globalization, and "by training and inclination a student of psychology and behavioral systems". His best-known publication is, When Corporations Rule the World. In 2011, he was named an Utne Reader visionary...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
CountryUnited States of America
defense excess study
The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.
people corporations gains
As corporations gain in autonomous institutional power and be-come more detached from people and place, the human interest and the corporate interest increasingly diverge. It is almost as though we were being invaded by alien beings intent on colonizing our planet, reducing us to serfs, and then excluding as many of us as possible.
interesting people notes
It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.
differences economic-globalization internationalism
In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.
integrity vision politician
There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.
competition loser winner
Global competition is about winners and losers.
country cooperation scandinavia
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.
wealth claims
Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.
needs politician currents
There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.
erosion long abuse
An economic system can remain viable only so long as society has mechanisms to counter abuses of either state or market power and the erosion of the natural, social, and moral capital that such abuses commonly exacerbate.
rights giving world
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.
moving europe currency
We should be moving toward local currencies not global or European currencies.
party thinking skills
I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on a terrific street party.
responsibility people use
Our defining gift as humans is our power to choose, including our power to choose our collective future. It is a gift that comes with a corresponding moral responsibility to use that power in ways that work to the benefit of all people and the whole of life.