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32 quotes by David Korten

David C. Korten (born 1937) is 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 (1995 and 2001). In 2011, he was named an Utne Reader visionary.
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Money is a mechanism for control.

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More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

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Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.

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It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is... →

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Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

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In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.

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In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human... →

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Global competition is about winners and losers.

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It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.

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The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity.... →

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Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.

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My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy.

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Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.

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