My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy. — David Korten Copy Share Image
An economic system can remain viable only so long as society has mechanisms to counter abuses of either state or market power… — David Korten Copy Share Image
So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers. — David Korten Copy Share Image
The proper goal of an economic democracy agenda is to replace the global suicide economy ruled by rapacious and unaccountable global corporations… — David Korten Copy Share Image
Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. — David Korten Copy Share Image
Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy. — David Korten Copy Share Image
Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global… — David Korten Copy Share Image
Living capital, which has the special capacity to continuously regenerate itself, is ultimately the source of all real wealth. To destroy it… — David Korten Copy Share Image
I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on… — David Korten Copy Share Image
But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which… — David Korten Copy Share Image
And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing… — David Korten Copy Share Image
Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and selling of economic power, it… — David Korten Copy Share Image
As an economy measures performance in terms of the creation of money, people become a major source of inefficiency. — David Korten Copy Share Image
The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system. — David Korten Copy Share Image
It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest. — David Korten Copy Share Image
To create a world in which life can flourish and prosper we must replace the values and institutions of capitalism with values and institutions… — David Korten Copy Share Image
Our defining gift as humans is our power to choose, including our power to choose our collective future. It is a gift that comes… — David Korten Copy Share Image
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. — David Korten Copy Share Image
The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or… — David Korten Copy Share Image
But in the past, US companies have been able to increase their profits through downsizing in the US, through colonizing other people's resources, and… — David Korten Copy Share Image
We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both. — David Korten Copy Share Image
There was a time in the United States when most of our financial institutions were local. Which essentially meant that local communities were able… — David Korten Copy Share Image
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. — David Korten Copy Share Image
I am in favor of increased communication and cooperation between countries, but it is more important that each country becomes responsible for its own… — David Korten Copy Share Image
There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power… — David Korten Copy Share Image
