When corporations rule the world
Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in an assault against markets, democracy, and life. It's a "suicide economy," says David Korten, that destroys the very fo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, CA :
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
[2015]
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| Edición: | 3rd ed |
| Colección: | BK currents book.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628954806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; A Choice for Life; Prologue: A Personal Journey; Introduction: Capitalism and the Suicide Economy; 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 Democracy; 11 Marketing the World; 12 Adjusting the Poor
- 13 Guaranteeing Corporate RightsPART 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 Ineffic; 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; Conclusion: A Living Economy for Living Earth; Epilogue: Our Need for Meaning; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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