The rise of the anti-corporate movement; corporations and the people who hate them. (reprint, 2007).(Brief article)(Book review)

9780804762458

The rise of the anti-corporate movement; corporations and the people who hate them. (reprint, 2007)

Osborne, Evan.

Stanford U. Press

2009

246 pages

$24.95

Paperback

HD2731

In this paperback reprint of the 2007 hardback original, Osborne (economics, Wright State U.) examines the relatively new social trend of turning the word "corporate" into a generic adjective of scorn, and of corporations into the dominant force in society--a movement that is increasingly influential in politics, particularly in the U.S. and Europe. Admittedly skeptical about whether such strong anti-corporatism is actually warranted, Osborne aims at a balanced analysis of the pros and cons of corporations, beginning with the concept of the corporate regime; the history of the corporation and how the anti-corporate movement evolved; and the validity--or lack thereof--of the anti-corporate movement's main claims regarding corporate influences in economics, power, globalization, and culture. He also discusses possible outcomes if today's anti-business sentiment continues to grow.

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