Creating A Better World: The Choice Is Yours with David Korten, Ph.D.

MP3 Download Even though we face a world of tremendous inequality, social breakdown, excessive consumerism and growing spiritual emptiness, there is a way out. David Korten says, "The choice is in front of us. We have the power and the right to make a choice that can open up a future beyond anything we can imagine now. Or we can choose not to make that choice and end up as a failed evolutionary experiment." Find out what that choice entails and discover strategies for creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate society that is economically stable too. (hosted by Michael Toms) Bio Author of several books, including: When Corporations Rule the World (Berrett-Koehler 1995 ) The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism (Berrett-Koehler 1999) Topics Explored in This Dialogue What you can do to help change our economic system How to overcome feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness What cancer and corporations have in common What really happens when the stock market goes up Is capitalism an inherently diseased economic system? What is the nature of corporations? Can we transform them into something better? What happens when big business comes to town Positive localism--what it is and how to create it where you live How the King Midas fable relates to us now How to ground capital through stakeholder ownership Host: Michael Toms      Interview Date: 2/19/1999       Program Number: 2763