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ShareDavid Korten is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine and author of Agenda for a New Economy, The Great Turning, and When Corporations Rule the World.
Good Debt, Bad Debt
Is using debt to create money a bad idea? It depends on where the money goes.
Money From Nothing?
Through their accounting slight of hand, Wall Street illusionists convince even themselves that they are enriching society rather than preying on it.
System Failure? Look Upstream
Why is our economic system consigning billions of people to degrading poverty, destroying Earth's ecosystem, and tearing up the social fabric of civilized community?
Microcredit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Unraveling the confusion behind microcredit: how some models help alleviate poverty, while others exploit the poor to make the rich richer.
The Illusion of Money
Liberation from subservience to Wall Street begins with a recognition that money is just a number of no intrinsic value.
My Defection Story
How I came to challenge the economic theories and institutions I once served.
The Missing Vision
Deep change begins with a vision of possibility.
Missing: A Vision of Economic Possibility
This election showed us that neither of our two major parties has a credible vision for our economic future. And that’s why this is a moment of opportunity.
Bankers, Bookies, and Gamblers
What is the proper role and social function of a bank? The answer starts with getting the question right.
10 Common Sense Principles for a New Economy
It’s time we the people declare our independence from the money-favoring Wall Street economy.
A Tale of Two Economies
David Korten wants your help planning the narration for a new video about our economic choices: Wall Street's phantom wealth vs. the real wealth of a Main Street economy.
Lighting the Way to a New Economy
All across the United States and Canada people are rebuilding their local economies to restore community and regain control of their economic lives. How do these local efforts add up to global economic transformation? I delivered this keynote address to the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) in Charleston, NC on May 22, 2010 on the theme "Lighting the Way to a New Economy."
Debt vs. Localization: Climate Justice in the New Economy
David Korten: Where does the concept of “climate debt” fit into a New Economy framework?
Jobs, Not Handouts
David Korten: Wall Street's plunge shows what's wrong with phantom wealth. Why support that system when we could be creating jobs in the real economy?
David Korten on His Work and Mission
YES! Magazine board chair David Korten speaks about his life’s work, and what drew him to become involved with YES! Magazine.
Fix the Economy, Not Wall Street
Would-be Wall Street regulators aren't asking the right question: How do we create a financial services sector that directs money where it is actually needed?
Education for the New Economy
Instead of preparing students for outdated jobs, how can we teach them to build a better world?
When Our Leaders Fail to Lead
We have to make them. What David Korten learned from his experiences during the Vietnam War.
The Economics of Peace
On October 19, I spoke to the Praxis Peace Institute's Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma, California. You can read my remarks here.
Who Really Crashed the Economy?
And why do we keep blaming the wrong people?
