Economy Years If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining. - David Korten
Economy 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. - David Korten
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. - 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
Cooperation More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. - David Korten
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon
The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. - Charlotte Perkins Gilman