Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: t... by David Korten

Author Activist Vision Development Growth

Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

- David Korten

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Rights World

In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question.

- David Korten

Power People

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.

- David Korten

People

Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose connection with reality in the markets, shops and communities of the people.

- David Korten

People

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

- David Korten

Past People

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.

- David Korten

Globalization

In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.

- David Korten

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