In his new edition of When Corporations Rule the World, David Korten updates the reader as to the deepening human crisis of the global economy. The gap between the rich and poor continues to grow, and the planet continues to be exploited. He writes of the new global citizens movement of activism in response to corporate globalization, the efforts of civil society groups to restructure global economic governance and focuses on the role of spirit and culture in a "civil-ized" society.
El comunismo está muerto. ¿Le seguirá el capitalismo? A medida que las economías "milagrosas" del capitalismo se van colapsando una a una frente a la inestabilidad financiera global, el destino del capitalismo en si se ha convertido en la gran cuestion
Prompted by the 1998 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Kortens book indicts the worlds governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. He examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity--the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the worlds people.
Aquest llibre és una denúncia molt documentada del poder creixent de les grans empreses i les conseqüències nefastes d''aquest domini sobre la democràcia, els recursos naturals i el desenvolupament d