A New Economy, a Spiritual Awakening, and a Prophetic Mission
Presentation by David Korten for the Interfaith New Economy Planning Group Meeting, sponsored by the Rauschenbusch Center, The Church Council of Greater Seattle, January 28, 2011.
Spiritual Awakening, a New Economy, and the End of Empire
Presentation at the Trinity Institute’s 39th National Theological Conference, “Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability,” January 21-23, 2009. in New York City. This presentation served as the launch of the second edition of his book, Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. The VIDEO of David’s presentation, […]
UN Yes!—Bretton Woods No!
One World—One Governance System
IFG New York/United Nations Summit Teach-In, September 5, 2000
Presentation by David C. Korten
The United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to secure a long standing human dream of peace, justice, and prosperity for all people. The UN’s founders chose to open the UN charter […]
The Prudent Investor
INVESTING IN PLANETARY HEALTH AND HUMAN SURVIVAL:
Does it meet the test of the prudent person?
Keynote Address to the Social Investment Forum, Thursday
October 5, 2000 – Snow Mass Resort, Aspen, CO
By David C. Korten
It’s always a thrill to speak to a group with such energy and commitment that is making […]
The Corporation in 2050
Reprinted from Marianne Williamson (ed.)
Imagine: What America Could Be in the 21st Century
Rodale Books, 2000, pp. 111-121
David C. Korten
On November 30, 1999, world television broadcast dramatic scenes of Seattle police clothed in Darth Vader riot gear brutally wielding clubs, tear gas, pepper spray, and plastic bullets against thousands of people who had come […]
Funding Strategies Interview
Representatives of a Private Foundation Pose Questions on Corporate Globalization to David C. Korten, May 8, 2001
Q: What is it that defines a project that would be described as addressing “corporate globalization”? Does activist organizing count on issues in which the rich northern countries exploit the poor South in the absence of addressing the higher […]
It’s About Democracy
Strategies to Counter Corporate Globalization
Reflections on a briefing session for the
Funders Network on Trade and Globalization
December 11 – 13, 2001, Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
by David C. Korten
This gathering was for me a very exciting moment. In my long association with the foundation community, it is the first time I’ve seen such […]
From the Love of Money to the Love of Life
This is the keynote address by David Korten, delivered to the First Annual Earth Charter Community Summit in Tampa, Florida, September 29, 2001, connected via live, interactive satellite links to community summits in 11 other U.S. cities.
Can the Global Economy be Fixed?
Based on a presentation to the Bellerive/GLOBE International Conference on
Policing the Global Economy
Geneva, March 23-25, 1998
by Dr. David C. Korten
Author of When Corporations Rule the World
I want to express my deep admiration to Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan for the courage and foresight he has demonstrated in organizing this meeting. Economic globalization is one of the most […]