Top 32 Quotes by David Korten

But in the past, US companies have been able to increase their profits through downsizing in the US, through colonizing other people's resources, and through the increase of globalization.

It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.

If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty.

Money is a mechanism for control.

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

More and more surveys in the US are indicating a change in values taking place among consumers, who become more concerned about quality of life, food, health and the environment.