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Growing Numbers of thoughtful business executives are joining social activists in a shared concern that the emerging global system of business has become a serious threat to long-term human interests. This controversial book goes beyond the prevailing conventional wisdom to address the often neglected issues of modern corporate power.
In a well-reasoned, extensively researched analysis, David Korten exposes the harmful effects of economic globalization; sets out the underlying causes of today's social, economic, environmental, and political crises; and outlines a strategy for creating localized economics that empower people and communities within a system of global cooperation.
In When Corporations Rule the World, Korten shows how the convergence of ideological, political, and technological forces is leading to an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in a handful of corporations and financial institutions, separating their interests from the human interest, and leaving the market system blind to all but its own short term financial gains.
Korten documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful efforts of corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere to serve narrow financial ends. He explains why human survival depends on a community-based, life-centered alternative beyond the outmoded strictures of communism and capitalism, and suggests specific steps to achieve it.
Literate and authoritative, When Corporations Rule the World is insightful reading for business people, activists, and ordinary citizens who want to restore the balance of power in the world.
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Industries, Sustainable development, Développement durable, Affaires et politique, Grandes entreprises, Entreprises multinationales, Industrie, Big business, Internationale ondernemingen, International economic relations, Social aspects, Aspect politique, Aspect de l'environnement, Environmental aspects of Industries, Political aspects, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales), Industrialization, Power (Social sciences), Internationale economie, Entreprises, Political aspects of Corporations, Industrialisatie, Environmental aspects, Aspect social, Social aspects of Industrialization, Duurzame ontwikkeling, Business and politics, Relations économiques internationales, International business enterprises, Corporations, Industrialisation, Desenvolvimento sustentável, Nationalekonomi, Miljöaspekter, Sociala aspekter, Soziale Verantwortung, Industrialisering, Desenvolvimento econômico, Relações econômicas internacionais, Ekonomi, Internationalisierung, Företag, Industri, Corporaçòes (aspectos políticos), Indústrias (aspectos ambientais), Economische macht, Internationella relationer, Politiska aspekter, Unternehmen, Internationale economische betrekkingen, 83.83 large-scale enterprise, International economic integration, Corporations, political activity, Industries, environmental aspects, Economic developmentEdition | Availability |
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When Corporations Rule the World
May 10, 2001, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Kumarian Press
Paperback
in English
- 2nd ed. edition
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When Corporations Rule the World
August 1999, Other India Press
Paperback
- New Ed edition
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When corporations rule the world
1996, Kumarian Press, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
in English
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When corporations rule the world
1995, Kumarian Press, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-359) and index.
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