When Corporations Rule the World
Edition: 2nd ed. edition
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Kumarian Press
Published: May 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781887208048
Subjects: Environmental economics; International economics; Political aspects; Environmental aspects; Corporate & Business History - General; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; International Relations - General; Business/Economics; International - Economics; Industrialization; Economics - General; Big business; Business & Economics / Economics / International; Business & Economics/Economics - General; Business and politics; International business enterprises; International economic relations; Political Science / Economic Conditions; Social aspects; Corporations; Industries
First sentence: THE LAST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY has been perhaps the most remarkable period in human history.
Description: 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 economies.

In 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.