Agenda for a new economy
Subtitle: from phantom wealth to real wealth
By: David C. Korten
Series: A BK currents book; BK currents book
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781605092904; 9781605092898; 9781282300033
Subjects: Economics; Economic policy; Economic Conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Comparative; Economic conditions; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Economic History
Description: Today's economic crisis is the worst since the Great Depression. However, as David Korten shows, the steps being taken to address it do nothing to deal with the reality of a failed economic system. Korten identifies the deeper sources: Wall Street institutions that have perfected the art of creating "wealth" without producing anything of real value: phantom wealth. Our hope lies not with Wall Street, Korten argues, but with Main Street, which creates real wealth from real resources to meet real needs. He outlines an agenda to create a new economy--locally based, community oriented, and devoted to creating a better life for all, not simply increasing profits. It will require changes to how we measure economic success, organize our financial system, even the very way we create money.--From publisher description.
Notes: "Why Wall Street can't be fixed and how to replace it"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-193).

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The case for a new economy; title: The case for eliminating Wall Street; title: Agenda for a real-wealth economy; title: Change the story, change the future.