As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.
David Korten

Money is a mechanism for control.
David Korten

My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy.
David Korten

We should be moving toward local currencies not global or European currencies.
David Korten

And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics.
David Korten

It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.
David Korten

More and more surveys in the US are indicating a change in values taking place among consumers, who become more concerned about quality of life, food, health and the environment.
David Korten

In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.
David Korten