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Opium War, 130
Revolutionary War, 177–178
self-destructive, 63–64
Seven Years War, 175
Spanish-American War, 193
striking during wars, 213
on terrorism/terrorists, 231–235
U.S. Civil War, 191
use of war as instrument of national policy, 81–82
War of 1812, 190–191
wars against evil, 244
World War II, 134–135, 194–196, 200, 217
“Ricardo, Juan,” 27–29, 30–32
Rice, Condoleeza, 231
richest Americans, 299
righteous behavior, 164–165
righteousness, 162–164
rights
of African Americans, 202–203
to collect debts, 185–186
Declaration of Colonial Rights, 177, 182–183, 199
of early Americans, 183
enforcement of labor, 212
extended by Empire, 34–35
irrevocable, 154
political, 145, 349
of property versus people, 12–13
religious freedom, 205
voting, 187, 215, 348
women’s, 203–204
worker’s, 207
right-wing sentiment, 213
right-wing think tanks, 221
Robertson, Pat, 222–223
Rockefeller, David, 220
Rockefeller, John D., 209
Rogers, Carl, 43
Rogers, Guy, 222
Rokke, Doug, 64–65
role of culture, 77–78
Roman Church, 115–116, 121–122, 122–123, 259
Roman Empire, 116–123, 123–124
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 212, 220
Roosevelt, Theodore, 192
Rose, Stephen, 274
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 153, 155
Rove, Karl, 234
“Roxanne,” 49
rule of money, 138–140
rule of the best, 148
rule of the worst, 101, 121, 148
rulers
clueless, 66
corrupt, 136
enslave the losers, 101–102
functions of early tribal, 104
from monarchs to corporations, 127, 138
imperial, 174, 288
isolation from workers of, 57–58
power of, 77
preparation of, 148
wise, 151
ruling elite, 104, 138, 141
Rumsfeld, Donald, 231
Rushdoony, R.J., 223
Sagan, Dorion, 270, 272–273
Sahtouris, Elisabet, 14–15, 74, 76, 279, 291, 354
Saudi Arabia, 196
scale, perspective of, 107
scandals, 69
Schell, Jonathan, 35, 66
Schmookler, Andrew, 35–36
schools, 351–352. See also education
science
conflict between religion and, 253–257, 264
contemporary story of Creation, 267–269
of living cosmos, 263–264
of mechanism, 264
science of the aging clock, 254–255
scientific inquiry, 297–298
396 scientific revolution, 256, 266
Second Bank of the United States, 188–189
Second New Deal, 212–213
security debate, 249
security story, 305–307
self-actualization, 201
self-destruction, 63–64, 64–66, 113–114
self-determination, 13, 196, 345
self–interest, 45, 50, 239, 280, 289
self-organization, 14–15, 33, 83, 88, 152, 180, 210, 269, 273–275, 289, 292, 295, 316, 347
self-referential morality, 49
self-reliance, 295–297
self-renewal, 273–274, 278–279, 293, 353
Selling of Joseph, The (Sewall), 202
senators, U.S., 184
separation of church and state, 164, 199, 214
September 11, 2001
attacks, 18–19, 66, 231, 234
settled agriculture, 96–97
settlers, first American, 199–200
Seven Years War, 175
Sewall, Samuel, 202
sexual promiscuity, 285
shadow (denied aspects of self), 201, 235
shah of Iran, 196
shamans, 97
shared learning, 76, 96, 268. See also culture
shareholders, 132–133, 192
sharing, 66, 95, 102–103, 152, 278–279, 294
Shay’s Rebellion, 183
Shiva, Vandana, 18–19, 357
Silent Majority, 329
Simon, William E., 220–221
Skinner, B.F., 269–270
Skull and Bones Society, 182
slavery, 102, 112, 118, 131, 146, 214
abolishment of, 202
antislavery petition, 204
Aristotle’s defense of, 150–151
desperate volunteers/runaways, 168
in early American colonies, 173
guarantees for, 185–186
involuntary conscripts, 167–168
race, 168–169
Thirteenth Amendment, 187
use of term, 166–167
social authority, 45
social classes
Aristotle on, 150
division among, 216
middle class, 206–212, 213–214, 215, 227
owning class, 139–140, 186, 208–209, 215–216, 243, 289
producing classes, 118, 206, 210
separation of, 67
working class, 206–212
social contract, 153
social Darwinism, 247–248
social ills, 225
Socialized Consciousness, 44–46, 48, 52, 53, 55, 56, 84, 250, 286
social movements, 84, 134
social pathology, 35–36, 108, 124
social relationships, 37
social roles, women’s rejection of
definitions of, 323
Social Security, 212–213
social systems, 20–21, 94
social units, 103
social welfare, 227–228
society, balancing feminine and
masculine principles in, 105
sociopaths, 46, 49, 51
institutional, 132–133
Socrates, 144–145, 146, 147–148, 151, 154
solar system, 255
Somoza, Anastasio, 196
Sons of Neptune, 175
Soros, George, 239
Soul of Adulthood, The (Friel and Friel), 271
South America, 356
South Sea Bubble, 131
Soviet Empire, 134, 196
Soviet Union, 194
Spain, 127–128, 131, 134
Spanish-American War, 193
spirit model, 262
spiritual awakening, 21–22, 73, 75, 80, 322
spiritual bankruptcy, 340
Spiritual Consciousness, 47–48, 52, 53, 56, 78–79, 289, 316–317, 330
Spiritual Creatives, 80–81, 323–324, 326, 330, 353
spiritual identity, 105–106
spiritual inquiry, 324–326
397 spiritual intelligence, 308
spiritual wisdom, 73
Stamp Act, 175, 176
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 204
Star Trek, “The Cloud Minders,” 56, 63, 67, 68, 173, 182
State of the Possible retreats, 18
statesmanship, 104
status quo, threats to U.S., 70–72
stealth politics, 223–227
stock market (share market), 68
stock shares, number of households owning, 68
Stone, Merlin, 98, 99
stories. See narratives/stories Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 202
strategy for change, 316–318
strict father, religion of, 254
strikes, labor, 207–208, 211, 213. See also labor unions
&n
bsp; structural adjustment agreement for credit, 137
success indicators, 297–298
Suharto, Haji Mohammad, 196
Sumner, William Graham, 209
Supreme Court, 186, 207, 209, 211
surplus, division of, 104
sustainable limits of Earth, 58–60, 61
swing majority, 53
symbolism, Goddess, 98
syndicates, 127–133
Take, The, 71
taxes
Americans for Tax Reform, 222
Boston Tea Party, 175–176
cuts in income taxes of the rich, 211, 233
fair-share taxation, 344
increases for corporations and the wealthy, 213
Revenue Act of 1767, 175
shifting of tax burden, 67
on whiskey production, 187–188
Tea Act, 175
technology, 82–83, 344, 346
temples of the Goddess, 97–99
terrorism/terrorists, 65–66, 231–235, 244, 245, 307
Thatcher, Margaret, 227
theocrats/theocracy, 161–165, 172, 219, 225
theories, 13, 153–154, 264
thermodynamics, laws of, 273–274
think tanks, 221
Third Ministerial Conference (WTO), 87
Thomas Aquinas, 262
threats to security, 306
Todd, Emmanuel, 69
trade agreements, 12, 19, 138, 185, 196–197, 293–294
trade relationships, 345
transitional generation, 6, 7–8
transition to Empire, 102–104
treaties
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 230
honoring of, by United States, 129
Land Mine Treaty, 228, 333
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 333
Ottawa Treaty, 333
Treaty of Paris, 179
Treaty of Versailles, 81
tribal culture, 290–291
Trilateral Commission, 220
trust issues, 103, 305–306, 333–334
Truth, Sojourner, 202
Tubman, Harriet, 202
Turner, Nat, 202
UNCED (Conference on Environment and Development), 17
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 202
unemployment, 212–213, 336
UNICEF, 335
unification, religious, 173
unifying theory, scientific quest for, 264
unions. See labor unions United Nations, 17, 64, 81–82, 85–86, 196, 332–333
United States. See also colonies,
American
American’s views of role of, 332–333
critical examination of, 235
Declaration of Independence, 129, 154, 159, 160, 179, 182–183, 195–196, 201–202
early rulers, 182–185
economic growth/consumerism, 299
electoral system, 346–347
expansion abroad, 193
firepower of, 65–66
398 United States (continued)
grand plan for global economic system, 135–136
honoring of treaties, 129
households owning stock shares, 68–69
imperial counterattack by, 136–138
oil consumption, 61
oil dependence, 62–63
policy failures, 235–236
political division in, 327
poverty line, 334–335
richest Americans, 299
slavery, 167
territorial expansion, 204–205
terrorists’ hatred of, 245
trade deficit, 69–70
2004 presidential election, 324, 329
westward expansion, 190–191
universities, 351–352
unlived life, pain of, 286–288
unravelings, of economy, 358
unregulated markets, 241
Untouchables, 87
uprisings. See revolutions/wars uranium ammunition, 64
U.S. Army, 190
U.S. Census Bureau, 335
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 220
U.S. Civil War, 191
U.S. Constitution, 182, 187
U.S. State Department, 192, 195
U.S. Supreme Court, 186
U.S. Treasury Department, 136–137, 239
value of money, 139
values
alignment with authentic, 84
Christian, 339
of Earth Community, 55, 319–320
family, 221–222, 329, 337
Institute for American Values, 282
liberal and conservative, 31, 298, 328, 340
moral, 225, 324, 329
progressive, 339
surveys of U.S., 79–80
World Values Survey, 80
VA (Veterans Administration), 64
van Gelder, Sarah, 14, 357
Vazquez, Tabare, 356
Veterans Administration (VA), 64
violence, 37, 65, 66, 265, 285, 297, 307
Virginia, Bacon’s Rebellion, 168–169
vocations, 297
voting/voters
integrity of voting machines, 348
numbers of women voting, 323
right to vote, 348
voter base, 221–223
voting rights, 187, 215
wage increases, 213
wages, inadequate, 226
Walker, David, 202
walking away from the king, 174–178, 356
Wallerstein, Immanuel, 65–66
Wallis, Jim, 261
War of 1812, 190–191
wars. See revolutions/wars wartime debt, 187–188
Washington, George, 160, 179, 187, 189
Washington Association of Churches, 257
waste elimination, 296
Watson, James, 213
Watts rebellion, 203
wealth, 62, 68, 186, 239
Wealth and Poverty (Gilder), 240–241
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 63–64, 66, 198, 232, 233
weapons of self-destruction, 64–66
Webb, James, 233
Weber, Max, 164
Web sites
Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), 16
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, 16
YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, 14, 20
well-being, measures of, 299–300
Western Union Telegraph Company, 209
westward expansion, U.S., 190–191
What Is Life? (Margulis and Sagan), 270
When Corporations Rule the World (Korten), 5–6, 12, 14
When God Was a Woman (Stone), 98
Who’s Running America (Dye), 181–182
WHO (World Health Organization), 64
Wicks, Judy, 15–16
Wilkins, Roger, 177–178
Williams, Roger, 172
399 Wink, Walter, 121, 261
Winthrop, John, 162
wisdom, collective, 150
wise benevolence, 109
WMDs, See weapons of mass destruction
Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World), 211
Wolfowitz, Paul, 230
women. See also gender perspectives
in ancient Athens, 146
Daughters of Liberty, 176
equality for, 202, 203–204
in his-story, 106–107
historical roles of, 94
job and family issues, 226
leadership by, 323–324
partnership relations, 37
rejection of social roles definitions, 323
rights of citizenship, 187
runaway wives, 168
spiritual identity of, 104–105
subjugation of, historic, 112
subordination of, by men, 105–106
When God Was a Woman (Stone), 98
women-led societies, 99, 323
workers, isolation from rulers of, 57–58
working class, 206–212
World Anti-Slavery Convention, 204
World Bank, 136–137, 194, 195, 227, 239
World Health Organization (WHO), 64
World Social Forum, 87
World Trade Organization (WTO), 12, 87, 136, 195, 228, 239
World Values Survey, 80
worldview(s)
creation of, 76
inclusive, 47
Integral World view, 47
mature, 52
of modern culture, 256
Western religious, 254
World War II, 134–135, 194–196, 200, 217
World Wide Web, development of, 82
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 59
WTO (World Trade Organization), 12, 87, 136, 195, 228, 239
WWF (World Wildlife Fund), 59
YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, 14, 20, 357
YMCA, 282
Zinn, Howard, 166
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About the Author
Dr. David C. Korten worked for more than thirty-five years in preeminent business, academic, and international development institutions before he turned away from the establishment to work exclusively with public interest citizen action groups. He is co-founder and board chair of the Positive Futures Network and YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, founder and president of The People-Centered Development Forum, an associate of the International Forum on Globalization, and a member of the Club of Rome. He serves on the boards of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Korten earned his M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Trained in organization theory, business strategy, and economics, he devoted his early career to setting up business schools in low-income countries—starting with Ethiopia—in the hope that creating a new class of professional business entrepreneurs would be the key to ending global poverty. He completed his military service during the Vietnam War as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, with duty at the Special Air Warfare School, Air Force headquarters command, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Korten then served for five and a half years as a faculty member of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business where he taught in Harvard’s middle management, M.B.A., and doctoral programs, and served as Harvard’s advisor to the Central American Management Institute in Nicaragua. He subsequently joined the staff of the Harvard Institute for International Development, where he headed a Ford Foundation–funded project to strengthen the organization and management of national family planning programs.
In late 1977, Korten left U.S. academia and moved to Southeast Asia, where he lived for nearly fifteen years, serving first as a Ford Foundation project specialist, and later as Asia regional advisor on development management to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). His work there won him international recognition for his contributions to pioneering the development of intervention strategies for transforming public bureaucracies into responsive support systems dedicated to strengthening community control and management of land, water, and forestry resources.