Korten skillfully uses social data to show the devastating effects of corporate liberalism and forcefully makes the case that an ethic of profit maximization at all cost is shortsighted and destructive. Instead of a system that erodes democratic progress, violates the principles of the free market, and exacerbates the cycle of poverty and misery for most, Korten proposes a scheme that promotes human life, capabilities for development, and democracy. A must read for anyone involved in assessing the enormous crisis of our times.