Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy

By Joseph Edward Shigley

Book Overview

51 of the world's biggest 100 economies are corporations, not countries. As the most powerful institution of our time, the multinational corporation dominates not only global economics, but politics and culture as well. Yet the mechanisms of corporate control have remained largely hidden from public perception-until now. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567511589
• ISBN13: 9781567511581
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Common Courage Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Documents Need for Corporate Governance Reform

Mokhiber and Weissman provide plenty of potential fuel for the fire with their insightful discussions on corporate chartering, democracy for sale, and Constitutional abuses. Unlike many, they name names and reference credible sources. Unless the dangers of corporate dominance are addressed, we can expect books such as Corporate Predators to become very popular during the next economic downturn. Read it now and not only avoid...

One-star, long-winded review misses the point

The one-star, long-winded review offered below by Greg Peisert almost entirely misses the point of this rich and rewarding book. Peisert's comment cites low unemployment in the United States, but ignores the atrocious condition of overseas work for American corporations and the proliferation of unlivable-wage jobs here at home. Both of these trends are well-documented in "Corporate Predators". You may also notice that...

INTRODUCTION by RALPH NADER

For the past twenty years, after a decade and a half of populist resurgence against corporate abuses by consumer, environmental, women's rights and civil rights forces, big business has been on a rampage to control our society. Whether these business supremacies are called corporatization, commercialism, monopolies or the corporate state, the overall concentration of power and wealth in ever fewer multinational corporate...

Refuting irrational, profit driven pseudo-science

While the gentleman bellow makes some good points about a balance that should be maintained in this type of work, I think that some level of extreme is needed in a counter attack against the un-emotional, profit driven pseudo-science that staunch capitalists spout as if pure Capitalism and the so-called "free market" were the only option this world has. If the previous reviewer were realy concerned about balance and fairness,...