by David C. Korten



Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
This well-documented, apocalyptic tome describes the global spread of
corporate power as a malignant cancer exercising a market tyranny that is
gradually destroying lives, democratic institutions and the ecosystem for
the benefit of greedy companies and investors. Korten (Getting to the 21st
Century) points out his conservative roots and business credentials?and
then proceeds to finger such classic conspiracy-theory scapegoats as the
Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations as the planning
agents of the new world economic order he decries. Korten, founder of the
People-Centered Development Forum, prescribes a reordering of
developmental priorities to restore local control and benefits. Suggested
reforms include shifting tax policies to punish greed and reward social
responsibility, placing a 100% reserve requirement on demand deposits at
banks and closing the World Bank, which he claims encourages indebtedness
in nations that can't afford it.

From Library Journal
Korten (Getting to the Twenty-First Century, Kumarian Pr., 1990) brings
impressive credentials to the task of blaming large international
corporations for many of the social and environmental problems confronting
people all over the world. Using numerous well-researched examples, Korten
argues that not only do today's corporations exploit labor and the
environment, but governments (particularly the U.S. government), the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund, aid and abet this exploitation
through policies that favor capitalists over workers and small business.
Although Korten speaks from an obviously liberal position, in an era when
conservative political voices declare an unswerving faith in the benefits
of unfettered free markets, a voice from the opposition offers a welcome
balance. Recommended for public and academic libraries.

Product Details

Paperback: 386 pages
Publisher: Kumarian Press; New Ed edition (September 1996)
Language: English
ISBN: 1887208011