NoVo is dedicated to catalyzing a transformation in
global society by supporting the development of capacities in people — individually and collectively — to help create a caring and balanced world that
operates on the principles of mutual respect, collaboration, and civic participation.
Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent
societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent
societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of
global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new
operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»
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Global corporations
operating with a common rule of law are now
society's strongest force to improve the human condition,» says Timothy Erblich, CEO of Ethisphere Institute.