David Korten

David Korten’s classic bestseller, When Corporations Rule the World, was one of the first books to articulate the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy. Now, ten years later, Korten shows that the problem runs deeper than corporate domination with far greater consequences. In The Great Turning, Korten demonstrates that corporate power is a contemporary manifestation of what he calls “Empire: the organization of society by hierarchies of domination grounded in violent chauvinisms of race, gender, religion, nationality, language, and class. Advocating for “Earth Community,” Korten shows that we humans can choose to turn this moment of planetary crisis into a new era, grounded in the life-affirming values of community, caring and cooperation that are shared by most of the world‚s people and reflected throughout human history. Videography and Production provided by Lotus Crown Films. www.lotuscrownfilms.com