David Korten

Dr. David Korten is the author of 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 Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism; and the international best sellers When Corporations Rule the World; and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. He is board chair of YES! Magazine, president of the Living Economies Forum, a board member of Toward Ecological Civilization, a full member of the Club of Rome, and an associate fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies. He earned MBA and PhD degrees from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and served on the faculty of the Harvard Business School.

Global Capitalism

Liberating Ourselves from the Wealth Supremacy Myth

By David Korten | October 4, 2023

How to challenge Wealth Supremacy.

Environment

Ecological Civilization and the New Enlightenment

By David Korten | January 4, 2018

In the era of a new Enlightenment, there must be new understanding of shared power and community to help our environment thrive.

2015

Adapting Ancient Ethical Principles in Modern Times

By David Korten | January 14, 2015

How might we update the Bible’s call for the periodic redistribution of wealth? Could we use estate taxes to create a trust fund for every child?

2011

Treat the System, Not the Symptom

By David Korten | January 1, 2011

“They stop at treating the symptoms of poverty, such as hunger and poor health, with food programs and clinics, without ever asking the obvious question: Why do a few people enjoy effortless abundance, while billions of others who work far harder experience extreme deprivation?”

2009

Spiritual Awakening, a New Economy, and the End of Empire

By David Korten | March 1, 2009

Abolish Wall Street. Build Real Wealth.