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When corporations rule the world, David C. Korten

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index

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When corporations rule the world

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David C. Korten

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 economiesIn 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

Introduction : deepening crisis, cause for hope -- Prologue : a personal journey ---- pt. I. Cowboys in a spaceship. From hope to crisis --- End of the open frontier --- The growth illusion ---- pt. II. Contest for sovereignty. Rise of corporate power in America --- Assault of the corporate libertarians --- Decline of democratic pluralism --- Illusions of the cloud minders ---- pt. III. Corporate colonialism. Dreaming of global empires --- Building elite consensus --- Buying out democracy --- Marketing the world --- Eliminating the public interest ---- pt. IV. A rogue financial system. The money game --- Predatory finance --- Corporate cannibalism --- Managed competition --- No place for people ---- pt. V. Reclaiming our power. The ecological revolution --- The good living --- Agenda for change ---- pt. VI. From corporate rule to civil society. Making money, growing poorer --- The living democracy movement --- A civil society --- Epilogue : a story for our time