Korten indicts the global economy by examining the devastating movement of corporations in a quest for money. He argues that the economy is a type of cancer that is attacking the world by destroying livelihoods, dislocating people, and transforming businesses into market tyrants. Korten argues that people become pawns in a money game where each day millions awake to engage in a worldwide game of monopoly. Although this only seems like a game, there are real consequences. People are being manipulated by the global economy in order to advance the coronation of the corporation.

Korten provides an agenda of reform whereby the people may recover the power to limit the economy. He argues that the survival of humanity rests on a community based and people centered substitute that lies outside of the spectrum of capitalism. Korten contends that people must take control of their lives and reach equilibrium...