David Korten

Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and selling of economic power, it is about concentrating capital, concentrating economic power in very few hands using that power to trash everyone who gets in their way. ”

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. ”

My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages. ”

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

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. ”

There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations. ”

We should be moving toward local currencies not global or European currencies. ”

And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. ”

Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed. ”

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society. ”