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When Corporations rule the world |
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David Korten's initial book in his life quest.
Links: - pcdf people centered development forum article, with lots of article links to various concepts
- korten's site
- wikipedia (not much details)
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TOC:
| 1 | From Hope to Crisis | 17 | | 2 | End of the Open Frontier | 25 | | 3 | The Growth Illusion | 37 | | 4 | Rise of Corporate Power in America | 53 | | 5 | Assault of the Corporate Libertarians | 69 | | 6 | Decline of Democratic Pluralism | 87 | | 7 | Illusions of the Cloud Minders | 103 | | 8 | Dreaming of Global Empires | 121 | | 9 | Building Elite Consensus | 133 | | 10 | Buying Out Democracy | 141 | | 11 | Marketing the World | 149 | | 12 | Adjusting the Poor | 159 | | 13 | Guaranteeing Corporate Rights | 173 | | 14 | The Money Game | 185 | | 15 | Predatory Finance | 195 | | 16 | Corporate Cannibalism | 207 | | 17 | Managed Competition | 215 | | 18 | Race to the Bottom | 229 | | 19 | The End of Inefficiency | 239 | | 20 | People with No Place | 249 | | 21 | The Ecological Revolution | 261 | | 22 | Good Living | 277 | | 23 | An Awakened Civil Society | 293 | | 24 | Agenda for Change | 307 |
Part 1. (ch1-3) Cowboys in a Spaceshipt: realize the problem 2. (ch 4-7) Contest for Sovereignty: historical growth of corporations: sanctification of greed, deviation from Adam Smith, pointing out the limits of pure capitalism 3. ch 8-12 Corporate Colonialism: tactics to advance corporatism to world domination 4. 13-17. Financial system. 5. 18-20 Reclaim our power 6. 21-24 To Civil society Everything is insightful and worth re-reading.
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