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saidtheraina's review against another edition
4.0
I think about this book All The Time. Even though I read it in a program where I was required to get through it in two days, and knitted my way through it to keep myself awake, the perspective on the danger of corporations has permanently altered my psyche. Seriously seriously formative.
bakudreamer's review against another edition
3.0
Dated now ( 1996 ) but, all on the money ( ha ) ~ I never fully considered what would happen when a corporation owns 100 % of it's own stock ...
mojojomo's review against another edition
5.0
Although the focus of When Corporations Rule the World is one of my favorite topics –ecological economics – it is no easy read.
Despite the slog, Korten's analysis is more comprehensive, more historical, and more insightful than other similar works. I walked away with a much deeper and broader understanding of how we got to this point in human society and global destruction. All the more amazing that I can say this of a 1995 edition in the year 2015. I have not read the 20th anniversary edition which offers an update to Korten's original edition.
What's more, Korten also offers a fairly detailed outline of the direction in which we should head. It too is spot on from my viewpoint. As one might expect, Naomi Klein's 2014 This Changes Everything has a more up to date and detailed strategy, but Korten's prescience is all the more clear when one considers Klein's work. To this day, a very worthwhile read.
Despite the slog, Korten's analysis is more comprehensive, more historical, and more insightful than other similar works. I walked away with a much deeper and broader understanding of how we got to this point in human society and global destruction. All the more amazing that I can say this of a 1995 edition in the year 2015. I have not read the 20th anniversary edition which offers an update to Korten's original edition.
What's more, Korten also offers a fairly detailed outline of the direction in which we should head. It too is spot on from my viewpoint. As one might expect, Naomi Klein's 2014 This Changes Everything has a more up to date and detailed strategy, but Korten's prescience is all the more clear when one considers Klein's work. To this day, a very worthwhile read.
mennonot's review against another edition
5.0
I read this book in my first year of college and it catalyzed my perspective on corporations, placing their rising power in their global and historical context.
Perhaps most critically, Korten emphasizes the role of civil society as a balance to both governments and corporations. This adds a critical third element to an equation that is usually reduced to government vs. the market in the political discourse in the United States. Korten rightly points out that the health of this third pole is critical to the future of democracy all around the globe.
Perhaps most critically, Korten emphasizes the role of civil society as a balance to both governments and corporations. This adds a critical third element to an equation that is usually reduced to government vs. the market in the political discourse in the United States. Korten rightly points out that the health of this third pole is critical to the future of democracy all around the globe.
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