David Korten

Dr. David C. Korten is an author and leader within the anti-globalization movement. He is probably best known as the founder of the People-Centered Development Forum and author of the book When Corporations Rule the World. Korten received an M.B.A. and Ph. D. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He served in the Vietnam War as a captain in the United States Air Force. After the war, Dr. Korten spent some time as a visiting professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business and later spent many years working with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Asia. Having become disillusioned with the current US efforts to combat poverty, inequality, and other problems in developing nations, he joined with others in 1990 to found the People-Centered Development Forum where he serves as president. Dr. Korten is also co-founder and board chair of Positive Futures Network publishers of YES! A Journal of Positive Futures magazine.

Bibliography

  • When Corporations Rule the World (1995 / Second Edition 2001)
  • The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
  • Globalizing Civil Society: Reclaiming Our Right to Power
  • Getting to the 21st Century: Voluntary Action and the Global Agenda (1990)
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External links

*YES! A Journal of Positive Futures

 

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