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"When Corporations Rule the World is an absolutely indispensable guide to the new world economy. It is a learned, courageous, and ultimately hopeful book. It provides a blueprint for the process of economic reformation which is essential for the recovery of sovereignty, community, and a right relation to the natural world." -- Resurgence Magazine
In his new edition of When Corporations Rule the World, 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.
OVERVIEW OF CONTENTS:
Foreword: Danny Glover
Introduction: Deepening Crisis -- Cause for Hope
Prologue: A Personal Journey
Cowboys in a Spaceship: From Hope to Crisis / End of the Open Frontier / The Growth Illusion
Contest for Sovereignty: Rise of Corporate Power in America / Assault of the Corporate Libertarians / Decline of Democratic Pluralism / Illusions of the Cloud Minders
Corporate Colonialism: Dreaming of Global Empires / Building Elite Consensus /
Buying Out Democracy / Marketing the World / Eliminating the Public Interest
A Rogue Financial System: The Money Game / Predatory Finance / Corporate Cannibalism / Managed Competition / No Place for People
Reclaiming Our Power: The Ecological Revolution / Good Living / Agenda for Change
From Corporate Rule to Civil Society: Making Money, Growing Poorer / The Living Democracy Movement / A Civil Society
Epilogue: A Story for Our Time
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