Spring 2009 CatalogBK CurrentsBK BusinessBK LifeA community dedicated tocreating a world that works for all
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Dear Reader,This is a time of great crisis around the world: the worst economiccrisis in my lifetime, never-ending wars and conflicts in many nations,new and old disease epidemics that kill untold millions, globalenvironmental harm, billions of people mired in desperate poverty,and a great deal more.What can be done to address these many crises? Berrett-Koehler’sperspective is that action is needed at all levels—societal, organi-zational, and individual—and across many dimensions: economic,political, environmental, spiritual, and others. We need to changeour institutions, our leadership, our priorities, our consciousness, andmuch more. Dealing with only one aspect will not adequately respondto the complexity and interconnectedness of these crises.The new publications announced in this catalog address the manylevels and dimensions of change that are needed in the world. BKCurrents titles focus on the societal level of change. BK Businesstitles focus on the organizational level of change. BK Life titles focuson the individual level of change. Some titles will help people improvetheir personal lives and relationships. Other titles will help people bemore effective leaders, managers, and change agents. And other titlesoffer new paths to national and global transformation.Unlike many publishers, Berrett-Koehler does not bring a neutral or“whatever will sell” stance to our publishing program. Instead, ourpublishing is guided by our mission: “Creating a World That Works forAll.” Berrett-Koehler is a community of authors, readers, publishingprofessionals, sales partners, and many supporters around the worldwho are dedicated to advancing this mission, both through our publi-cations and through how we do our work and run our business.We hope that you will join us in this mission. And we hope that youwill find the new titles in this catalog of interest and help spread theword about them.Sincerely,Steven PiersantiPresident and Publisher
New Titles and New Editions
Agenda for a New Economy 1Helping 2Turning to One Another, 2nd Edition 3Right Relationship 4Thinking Big 5Foundations of Human ResourceDevelopment, 2nd Edition 6Theory U 7Glow 8Intrinsic Motivation at Work,2nd Edition 9The Living Universe 10The Compassionate Life 11Winning the Global Talent Showdown 12Leaders Make the Future 13Crunch, 2nd Edition 14Making the Good Life Last 15Effective Apology 16Trauma Stewardship 17Change Your Questions,Change Your Life, 2nd Edition 18Lift 19The Introverted Leader 20Make Their Day, 2nd Edition 21The Hamster Revolution for Meetings 2210 Steps to Successful Coaching 23Leaders as Teachers 24Citizen Wealth 25Unite and Conquer 26The Death of “Why?” 27Three Deep Breaths,Paperback Edition 28 ASTD Handbook 28Thom Hartmann digital audios 29Fast Fundamentals 30
Berrett-Koehler News
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Complete List of Titles
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a portion of a renderingby Chris Harrison of Carnegie Mellon Universitydepicting world city-to-city Internet traffic.It also appears on the cover of
Leaders Makethe Future
by Bob Johansen (see page 13).For more information visit:www.chrisharrison.net/projects
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David C. Korten
Agenda for a New Economy
From Phantom Wealth to Real WealthWhy Wall Street Can’t Be Fixed and How to Replace It
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By the author of the bestsellers
When Corporations Rule the World
and
The Great Turning
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Offers bold economic reforms that attack the underlying cause of thecurrent economic collapse, not just its symptoms
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A radical but achievable program that restores and builds on thefundamental strengths of the American economy
Today’s economic crisis is the worst since the Great Depression. However, as DavidKorten shows, the steps being taken to address it—including pouring trillions ofdollars into bailouts for the Wall Street institutions that created the mess—donothing to deal with the reality of a failed economic system. It’s like treating cancerwith Band-Aids. And the financial collapse now in the public spotlight is only thetip of the iceberg. The system’s social and environmental failures may ultimately beeven more destructive.Korten identifies the deeper sources of the failure: Wall Street institutions that haveperfected the art of creating “wealth” without producing anything of real value—phantom wealth. Its major players engage in speculative trading, buy into assetbubbles, create debt pyramids, and engage in predatory lending practices. Theirseeming success created an economic mirage that led us to believe the economywas expanding exponentially, even as our economic, social, and natural capitaleroded and most people struggled ever harder to make ends meet.Our hope lies not with Wall Street, Korten argues, but with Main Street, whichcreates real wealth from real resources to meet real needs. He outlines an agendato liberate the latent entrepreneurial energies of Main Street from Wall Street’sdeadly grip and bring into being a new economy—locally based, communityoriented, and devoted to creating a better life for all, not simply increasing profits.It will require courageous and imaginative changes to how we measure economicsuccess, organize our financial system, even the very way we create money. It is achallenging but practical agenda, summarized in Korten’s version of the economicaddress to the nation he wishes Barack Obama were able to deliver.“At last, a book by one of our most brilliant economic thinkers that outlines the realcauses of—and solutions to—the current economic crisis. David Korten inspires usto take actions to create a more just and sustainable world for ourselves and futuregenerations.”—John Perkins,
New York Times
bestselling author of
Confessions of an EconomicHit Man
David Korten
is president and founder of the People-Centered Development Forumand serves as a board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.He is an associate of the International Forum on Globalization and a member of theClub of Rome. He is the author of
The Great Turning, The Post-Corporate World,
and
When Corporations Rule the World.
Publication date: February 2009$14.95, paperback original, 216 pages5 1/2” x 8 1/2”ISBN 978-1-60509-289-8Current AffairsWorld rights available
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