David Korten

David Korten is cofounder and board chair of YES! Magazine and cochair of the New Economy Working Group. He is the author of Agenda for a New Economy, The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, and the international best seller When Corporations Rule the World. He is principal author of How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule, which shows how the US can restore economic health and financial integrity by rebuilding a system of accountable local financial services institutions much like the one that financed the achievements that made the US the envy of the world.