We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.
David KortenThe professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.
David KortenIn a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.
David KortenAn active propaganda machinery controlled bv the world's largest corporations constantly reassures us that consumerism is the path to happiness, governmental restraint of market excess is the cause our distress, and economic globalization is both a historical inevitability and a boon to the human species.
David Korten