John Perkins on Transformig Turmoil

John Perkins on Transformig Turmoil

1 June, 11:00–12:00

The economist, author of the sensational book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, will speak about the need to develop an economic model to get the world out of the current period of instability and into the New Economy era.



Key moments

We have created a system that can’t go on. We can’t continue digging up the Earth, destroying the air, destroying the climate – there has to be another way.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc
I think corporations in the United States have made a lot of mistakes, I think the government made a lot of mistakes and, instead of doing really good things in the world, they did a lot of exploitation.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc
CEOs of corporations want to create a better world, but they are afraid to do so because, if they loose a small percentage of their market share, their profits will go down and stakeholders will fire them. So they face a dilemma.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc
We have created amazing technologies: medicine, art, music, but now we understand that maybe we have gone too far.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc
It’s time to change and we have reached the point beyond equilibrium. We need to move to a “life economy”, an economy based on cleaning up pollution, regenerating the environment.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc
We have seen huge changes in the last five years regarding production of resources. Last year in the US was the first one when production of renewables was greater than that of fossil fuels.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc
We have created something that I call a “death economy” – an economy based on destroying resources and exploiting the Earth.
John Perkins
Founder, Chairman, Dream Change Inc