When corporations rule the world / David C. Korten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korten, David C., author.

Series:

BK currents book.

BK currents book

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big business.

Business and politics.

Corporations--Political aspects.

Corporations.

Industrialization--Social aspects.

Industrialization.

International business enterprises.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in an assault against markets, democracy, and life. It's a "suicide economy," says David Korten, that destroys the very foundations of its own existence. The bestselling 1995 edition of When Corporations Rule the World helped launch a global resistance against corporate domination. In this twentieth-anniversary edition, Korten shares insights from his personal experience as a participant in the growing movement for a New Economy. A

Contents:

Cover; Contents; A Choice for Life; Prologue: A Personal Journey; Introduction: Capitalism and the Suicide Economy; PART I: COWBOYS IN A SPACESHIP; 1 From Hope to Crisis; 2 End of the Open Frontier; 3 The Growth Illusion; PART II: CONTEST FOR SOVEREIGNTY; 4 Rise of Corporate Power in America; 5 Assault of the Corporate Libertarians; 6 The Decline of Democratic Pluralism; 7 Illusions of the Cloud Minders; PART III: CORPORATE COLONIALISM; 8 Dreaming of Global Empires; 9 Building Elite Consensus; 10 Buying Out Democracy; 11 Marketing the World; 12 Adjusting the Poor

13 Guaranteeing Corporate RightsPART IV: A ROGUE FINANCIAL SYSTEM; 14 The Money Game; 15 Predatory Finance; 16 Corporate Cannibalism; 17 Managed Competition; PART V: NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE; 18 Race to the Bottom; 19 The End of Ineffic; 20 People with No Place; PART VI: TO RECLAIM OUR POWER; 21 The Ecological Revolution; 22 Economies Are for Living; 23 An Awakened Civil Society; 24 Agenda for Democracy; Conclusion: A Living Economy for Living Earth; Epilogue: Our Need for Meaning; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

"20th anniversary edition."

ISBN:

9781626562875

1626562873

OCLC:

936180321