Corporation The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Name: Corporation The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
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ISBN: 9780743247467

ISBN-10: 0743247469

ISBN-13: 9780743247467

Edition: 2005

Authors: Joel Bakan

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Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant economic institution. Eminent Canadian law professor and legal theorist Joel Bakan contends that today's corporation is a pathological institution, a dangerous possessor of the great power it wields over people and societies. In this revolutionary assessment of the history, character, and globalization of the modern business corporation, Bakan backs his premise with the following observations: The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others. The…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 3/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Joel Bakan is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia.



Contents


Introduction


The Corporation's Rise to Dominance


Business as Usual


The Externalizing Machine


Democracy Ltd.


Corporations Unlimited


Reckoning


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index