The articles have mostly been edited to ten pages or less, so it is easy to read the book an article at a time. Summarising from their Conclusion, the authors argue that our primary task is nothing less than a global mind change, and that this change has to be led by businesspeople. All the authors rely primarily on some combination of business executives, local communities and not for profits as the drivers of useful change. It is imperative that we recognise that the underlying assumptions of the later twentieth century are not compatible with the goals of today's society. Unrestricted competitive economies tend quite naturally away from democracy and toward increasingly authoritarian systems.
Progress is the driving force behind all assumptions at the heart of our economy-driven society.
Concentration of power. Rate of return on investment . The global gambling casino. Economic values and economic logic . The global development dilemma.