David C. Korten

In addition to an active schedule of writing and speaking on global and national issues, I serve as president of the Living Economies Forum, chair of the board of YES! Magazine (yesmagazine.org), co-chair the New Economy Working Group (neweconomyworkinggroup.org), founding board member emeritus of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (bealocalist.org), and a member of the Club of Rome (clubofrome.org). I hold MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford Business School, taught at the Harvard Business School, served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, and have 30 years experience as a development professional in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

My books include the international best seller, When Corporations Rule the World (watch for the 20th anniversary edition to be released in June 2015): Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth; Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth; The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community; and The Post Corporate World: Life After Capitalism.

For more information and periodic updates, visit my website livingeconomiesforum.org. You can also follow me on Twitter - @dkorten - and Facebook.