When corporations rule the world

Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in an assault against markets, democracy, and life. It's a "suicide economy," says David Korten, that destroys the very foundations of its own existence. The bestselling 1995 edition of When Corporations Rule the World helped launch a global resistance against corporate domination. In this twentieth-anniversary edition, Korten shares insights from his personal experience as a participant in the growing movement for a New Economy. A new introduction documents the further concentration of wealth and corporate power since 1995 and explores why our institutions resolutely resist even modest reform. A new conclusion chapter outlines high-leverage opportunities for breakthrough change

Cover; Contents; A Choice for Life; Prologue: A Personal Journey; Introduction: Capitalism and the Suicide Economy; PART I: COWBOYS IN A SPACESHIP; 1 From Hope to Crisis; 2 End of the Open Frontier; 3 The Growth Illusion; PART II: CONTEST FOR SOVEREIGNTY; 4 Rise of Corporate Power in America; 5 Assault of the Corporate Libertarians; 6 The Decline of Democratic Pluralism; 7 Illusions of the Cloud Minders; PART III: CORPORATE COLONIALISM; 8 Dreaming of Global Empires; 9 Building Elite Consensus; 10 Buying Out Democracy; 11 Marketing the World; 12 Adjusting the Poor.

13 Guaranteeing Corporate RightsPART IV: A ROGUE FINANCIAL SYSTEM; 14 The Money Game; 15 Predatory Finance; 16 Corporate Cannibalism; 17 Managed Competition; PART V: NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE; 18 Race to the Bottom; 19 The End of Ineffic; 20 People with No Place; PART VI: TO RECLAIM OUR POWER; 21 The Ecological Revolution; 22 Economies Are for Living; 23 An Awakened Civil Society; 24 Agenda for Democracy; Conclusion: A Living Economy for Living Earth; Epilogue: Our Need for Meaning; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.