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Let’s Try Something Radical. Like a Market Economy

Plenary Presentation by David C. Korten to the Peoples’ Summit 1997 (TOES97)
Denver, Colorado, June 20, 1997


Welcome to the Peoples’ Summit 1997—the real economy summit. You know,
those guys meeting in that other economic summit in the Denver library have a
strange idea about democracy. There you have the Heads of State, Foreign
Ministers, and Finance Ministers of just […]

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UNDERSTANDING MONEY

PCDForum Article #15 Release Date June 1, 1996


by John H. Hotson


An understanding of the true nature of money is essential for those seeking
economic reforms toward the creation of sustainable societies. People today have
more erroneous ideas about money than Victorians had about sex, so please read
the following with care.


Let’s begin with the distinction between "legal tender" […]

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Profile of SARA LARRAIN R.

PCDForum Paradigm Warrior Profile #2 Release date June 1, 1996


Sara coordinates the Chilean Ecological Action Network (RENACE), a national
network of 145 local environmental organizations. Most are small organizations
with few resources. Together they may hold the key to changing a nation-at least
that is Sara’s dream.


Sara’s top priority is to expose the people of Chile, Latin […]

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WINNING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHILE’S DARK VICTORY

PCDForum Column #79 Release Date June 1, 1996


by Sara Larrain R.


A recent survey of 2,465 international business leaders conducted by the
International Institute of Business Development declared the Chilean economy the
most competitive in Latin America and the fifteenth most competitive in the
world. The ranking was based on four criteria: government commitment to open
markets, the […]

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THERE’S A DANGEROUS FLAW IN “GLOBAL ECONOMY” CONCEPT

PCDForum Article #16 Release Date March 10, 1996

by David C. Korten

The annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland of the World Economic Forum has for years brought together top industrialists and political figures from around the world to advance the proposition that removing tariffs and other restrictions on the free international flow of trade and investment is […]

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LIMITS TO THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS

PCDForum Article #19 Release Date June 1, 1996


by David C. Korten


A well known quotation appears on the back of each issue of the journal of
an association of progressive business executives seeking a responsible role
for business in society. It reads in part:


Business has become, in the last half century, the most powerful institution
on the planet. The […]

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FOOD SECURITY FOR PEOPLE

PCDForum Column #81 Release Date June 1, 1996


by Tony Quizon


Asia today has many of the world’s fastest growing economies, each competing
for markets and investments by offering lower wages and working standards and
providing the most attractive subsidized infrastructure. One consequence of the
rush to integrate into the global economy is a drastic reorientation of
agricultural priorities […]

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Profile of MARILYN MEHLMANN

PCDForum Paradigm Warrior Profile #1 Release date June 1, 1996


Marilyn Mehlmann became the general secretary of GAP International in April
1995. GAP is helping people in 13 of the highest consuming Northern countries
bring their lifestyles into balance with the planet. Five more countries,
including Poland and South Korea, are now in the process of launching programs.
Several […]

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ECONOMICS WITHOUT ETHICS: THE CRISIS OF SPIRITUALITY

PCDForum Column #80 Release Date June 1, 1996


by Bishan Singh


I was struck in a recent international meeting of activist scientists and
intellectuals that some of the Westerners present seemed fearful that if they
were identified by their colleagues as spiritual persons their opinions would be
dismissed as unscientific. Yet in other settings it was evident that some […]

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Profile of VANDANA SHIVA

PCDForum Paradigm Warrior Profile #3 Release date June 1, 1996


Vandana Shiva, writer and science policy advocate, directs the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy. Her current work
centers on biodiversity and sustainable agriculture. The following account of
her work is from a PCDForum interview.


Shiva: I am especially attracted to biodiversity as a central focus […]

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