Ojai Valley Democrats Book Club for June
Written by Sean Keenan on June 5th, 2009
June’s book is:
AGENDA FOR A NEW ECONOMY:
FROM PHANTOM WEALTH TO REAL WEALTH
David C. Korten’s biography on his website outlines his many years of work in the area of development. Working with USAID and the Ford Foundation in developing countries, he became disillusioned with the multi-national/trans-national corporate model that has come to dominate the world. His first major book When Corporations Rule The World in 1995 became a major seed crystal of the burgeoning anti-globalization movement. He has subsequently written The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism, The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community and the latest, Agenda for A New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth.
Now, for the book club we are officially reading the latest book, but we will be discussing all four as they are all connected. The latest book was just published and is attempting to seize the moment during this economic collapse. I would urge anyone who is interested in this to read the other books as well, especially When Corporations Rule the World.
The second meeting of the OVD Book Club will be on Friday June 26th at 7:30PM. Sorry for the short notice here on the county Democrats site, but the main book we are reading is fairly short. I encourage anyone who is interested in this issue to read the book and come up and join us in Ojai. It’s a relaxed evening where we will be discussing the book and all of the economics and implications surrounding the issue(s). We will also have a recent interview with the auther on the Thom Hartmann Show to listen to. Oh, and there will be wine and cheese. Come on up!
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: 410 Church Road #29, Ojai, CA 93023
(Please park on Church and Walk into the condo development.)
