When corporations rule the world

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This book describes the global spread of corporate power as a malignant cancer exercising a market tyranny that is gradually destroying lives, democratic institutions and the ecosystem for the benefit of greedy companies and investors.

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Full title :When corporations rule the world / David C. Korten.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Place of Publication:Oakland, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

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"20th anniversary edition."

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (413 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781626562882, 1626562881, 1626562873, 9781626562875, 162656289X, 9781626562899, 1626566860, 9781626566866
oclc:ocn936180321
LC Classification:HD2326
Dewey Decimal:322/.3

Part I. Cowboys in a spaceship -- 1. From hope to crisis -- 2. End of the open frontier -- 3. The growth illusion -- part II. Contest for sovereignty -- 4. Rise of corporate power in America -- 5. Assault of the corporate libertarians -- 6. The decline of democratic pluralism -- 7. Illusions of the cloud minders -- part III. Corporate colonialism -- 8. Dreaming of global empires -- 9. Building elite consensus -- 10. Buying out democract -- 11. Marketing the world -- 12. Adjusting the poor -- 13. Guaranteeing corporate rights -- part IV. A rogue financial system -- 14. The money game -- 15. Predatory finance -- 16. Corporate cannibalism -- 17. Managed competition -- part V. No place for people -- 18. Race to the bottom -- 19. The end of inefficiency -- 20. People with no place -- part VI. To reclaim our power -- 21. The ecological revolution -- 22. Economies are for living -- 23. An awakened civil society -- 24. Agenda for democracy.

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Affaires et politique Big business Business and politics Corporate power Corporations -- Political aspects Développement durable Entreprises multinationales Grandes entreprises Industrialisation -- Aspect social Industrialization -- Social aspects Industries -- Environmental aspects International business enterprises International economic relations Pouvoir économique Sociétés -- Aspect politique sustainable development