When Corporations Rule the World

Description

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.

First Sentence

THE LAST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY has been perhaps the most remarkable period in human history.

Excerpt

THE LAST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY has been perhaps the most remarkable period in human history.

Description

In a well reasoned analysis, Korten exposes the harmful effects of economic globalisation, sets out the underlying causes of today's social, environmental and political crisis and outlines a strategy for creating localised economies. In this book, David Korten updates the reader as to the deepening human crisis of the global economy. The gap between the rich and poor continues to grow, and the planet continues to be exploited. He writes of the new global citizens movement of activism in response to corporate globalization, the efforts of civil society groups to restructure global economic governance and focuses on the role of spirit and culture in a "civil-ized" society.

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Other Editions

• When corporations rule the worldKumarian Press1995-01-01
• When Corporations Rule the WorldPaperbackBerrett-Koehler Publishers2001-05-10
• When corporations rule the worldBerrett-Koehler Publishers1995-01-01
• When corporations rule the worldEarthscan1995-01-01
• When corporations rule the worldKumarian Press1996-01-01
• When corporations rule the worldOther India Press1998-01-01
• When Corporations Rule the WorldPaperbackOther India Press1999-08-01