If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with heart.
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It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.
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Birth: | 1937 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Author, Environmentalist, Professor |
David C. Korten was born in Longview, Washington. He is an American author, former professor of the Harvard Business School and political activist. His best-known publication is, When Corporations Rule the World. He received a master of business administration and Ph.D. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Korten's 2006 book The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community argues that the development of empires about 5,000 years ago, initiated unequal distribution of power and social benefits to the small portion of the population they controlled.
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