| Description |
x, 374 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The New Problem with No Name -- 1. The End of the Century -- 2. The Curse of the Robber Barons -- 3. The Mouse, Mickey Mouse, and Baby Bells -- 4. Companies That Run America -- 5. Bye, Bye, American Pie -- 6. The Making of the Corporate Mystique -- 7. Reinventing the Mystique -- 8. The Dependent Corporation -- 9. Five Reasons Americans Don't Think about Corporate Power and Why They Should -- 10. How to Be Politically Hopeful for the Next Century -- 11. Why You Shouldn't Be Liberal or Conservative -- 12. What's Right and Wrong with Corporate Responsibility -- 13. How to Be Against Corporate Power and For Business -- 14. The Global Populist -- 15. The Four Movements to Join -- 16. Why Personal Responsibility Is Not Good Enough -- Epilogue: What You Can Do Now |
| Summary |
"Just as the original Populist movement of the nineteenth century helped dethrone the robber barons, Derber contends that a new, positive populism can help contemporary Americans regain control of their lives. In clear, straightforward language, free from the rhetoric of left or right, he calls for changes in our corporate system, changes designed to keep corporations wealthy (business leaders, take note!) while making them accountable to the people. From rewriting corporate charters to changing our consumer habits, Derber offers new visions for business and empowering strategies by which we all can make a difference."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [340]-366) and index |
| Subject |
Corporations -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Corporations -- United States -- Sociological aspects.
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Social responsibility of business -- United States.
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Business and politics -- United States.
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Industrial policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Labor policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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International trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Democracy.
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Sovereignty, Violation of.
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Power (Social sciences)
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| LC no. |
98023514 |
| ISBN |
0312192886 : |
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