David C Korten
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David Korten argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely a contemporary manifestation of what he calls Empire: the organization of society by hierarchies of domination. Increasingly destructive on every level, the way of Empire is leading to environmental and social collapse. We now face a mounting perfect storm of climate change, peak oil, and the financial instability inherent in an unbalanced global trading system. In “The Great Turning”,...
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This memoir by a microfinance insider “is essential reading for anyone interested in development economics, a disturbing and yet ultimately hopeful exposé” (John Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman).
This is the account of a microfinance true believer whose decade in the industry turned him into a heretic. Working with several microfinance...
This is the account of a microfinance true believer whose decade in the industry turned him into a heretic. Working with several microfinance...