ty , ▁growing ▁inequality , ▁environmental ▁dev ast ation , ▁and ▁social ▁dis integration ▁he ▁was ▁obser ving ▁in ▁Asia ▁also ▁was ▁being ▁experienced ▁in ▁nearly ▁every ▁country ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁including ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁other ▁" develop ed " ▁countries . ▁He ▁also ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁act ively ▁prom oting — both ▁at ▁home ▁and ▁abroad — the ▁very ▁policies ▁that ▁were ▁deep ening ▁the ▁resulting ▁global ▁crisis . ▁ ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁has ▁assist ed ▁in ▁raising ▁public ▁conscious ness ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁and ▁institution al ▁consequences ▁of ▁economic ▁global ization ▁and ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁corpor ate ▁power ▁at ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁dem ocracy , ▁equ ity , ▁and ▁environmental ▁protection . ▁ ▁K orten ▁is ▁co - found er ▁and ▁board ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁Pos itive ▁Fut ures ▁Network , ▁which ▁publish es ▁the ▁quarter ly ▁YES ! ▁Magazine . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁found ing ▁board ▁member , ▁emer it us , ▁of ▁the ▁Business ▁Alliance ▁for ▁Local ▁Living ▁Econom ies , ▁a ▁former ▁associate ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Forum ▁on ▁Global ization , ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Club ▁of ▁Rome . ▁ ▁The ▁Post - Cor por ate ▁World ▁Building ▁on ▁the ▁arguments ▁put ▁forward ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁book ▁When ▁Corpor ations ▁Rule ▁the ▁World , ▁K orten ▁exp ands ▁on ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁them es . ▁Having ▁made ▁a ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁un work ability