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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:

1From Hope to Crisis17
2End of the Open Frontier25
3The Growth Illusion37
4Rise of Corporate Power in America53
5Assault of the Corporate Libertarians69
6Decline of Democratic Pluralism87
7Illusions of the Cloud Minders103
8Dreaming of Global Empires121
9Building Elite Consensus133
10Buying Out Democracy141
11Marketing the World149
12Adjusting the Poor159
13Guaranteeing Corporate Rights173
14The Money Game185
15Predatory Finance195
16Corporate Cannibalism207
17Managed Competition215
18Race to the Bottom229
19The End of Inefficiency239
20People with No Place249
21The Ecological Revolution261
22Good Living277
23An Awakened Civil Society293
24Agenda for Change307
 

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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