1. What did Korten say about the relationship of money to wealth?
2. What are "finance capital" and "finance capitalism"?
3. Name two other forms of capital.
4. Do increases in share prices necessarily reflect an increase in productive capacity or output?
5. In order to increase share prices as financial markets demand, what is an example of corporations depleting:
a) natural capital,
b) human capital,
c) social capital, and
d) institutional capital?
6. How did the Malaysian Forest Minister propose to increase Malaysia's wealth?
7. According to Korten, does an increase in GDP necessarily indicate an increase in our well being? What are some specific examples when this may not be the case.
8. Are our political leaders able to assess the economic health of the nation using stock market increases and GDP growth as indicators of economic success? Can they confidently predict that more jobs and increased wages will follow?
9. What does Korten suggest as alternatives to the global capitalist economy (name two)?