Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth [Sep 01, 2013] Korten, David C. - Softcover

David C. Korten

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9781626561052: Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth [Sep 01, 2013] Korten, David C.

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ISBN 10: 1626561052 ISBN 13: 9781626561052

Publisher: Collins Business-Berret Koehler, 2013

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Nearly two years after the economic meltdown, joblessness and foreclosures are still endemic, wall street executives are once again getting massive bonuses and washington doesn't have the will to make desperately needed fundamental changes to the economy. Change will have to come from below. This second edition of agenda for a new economy is the handbook for that revolution. In this revised and updated edition, korten has fleshed out his vision of the alternative to the corporate wall street economy: a main street economy based on locally owned, community oriented 'living enterprises' whose success is measured as much by their positive impact on people and the environment as by their positive balance sheet. We will lose nothing in the process, because, as korten ably demonstrates, the supposed services wall street offers are simply a con game and having reluctantly given up on the possibility of any substantial change from the top, korten now offers more in-depth advice on how to mount

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A Declaration of Independence from Wall Street

"At last, a book by one of our most brilliant economic thinkers that outlines the real causes of--and solutions to--the current economic crisis."
--John Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

"The most important book to emerge thus far on the economic crisis."
--Peter Barnes, cofounder of Working Assets and author of Capitalism 3.0

"David Korten has provided an economic blueprint for the 21st century."
--Judy Wicks, cofounder and chair, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

"No one should be surprised that David Korten is the first great thinker to assemble a detailed road map for a new economy where people, the planet, and communities come first."
--John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies

About the Author:

David Korten is president and founder of the People-Centered Development Forum, and serves as a board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). He is an associate of the International Forum on Globalization and a member of the Club of Rome. David has authored numerous books, including the bestselling titles The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, When Corporations Rule the World, and The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism. His newest title, Agenda for a New Economy (Second Edition) is a 2011 Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medalist. He is a regular guest on talk radio and television and a popular speaker at conferences around the world.

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