60 Quotes by David Korten

Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing.

So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers.

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

If I would need to make a prediction I still believe Kaplan's scenario is very plausible.

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.

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

Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics.