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| 1. | The Corporation: Book and companion movie |
| (Mississauga, Ontario) August 29, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Still waiting to read the book, but it is a companion to the documentary
movie: The Corporation which the author is involved. The Corporation, a
Canadian documentary, is an excellent indepth expose on the evolution of
this... read full review |
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| 2. | A scathing expose of corporate America |
| (Minneapolis, MN) August 30, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| I saw the documentary "The Corporation:The Pathological Pursuit of Profit
and Power" over a month ago not too long after "Fahrenheit 9/11". The film
is based on the Joel Bakan book of the same title. Joel goes into... read full review |
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| 3. | Excellent |
| (California) August 9, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Bakan's thesis is right on the mark. Its readabilty and brevity are its
strongest points. I especially enjoyed the story of the 1934 coup plot by
corporate powers against the FDR administration. I hadn't seen... read full review |
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| 4. | Striking thesis convincingly presented |
| (SoCal) July 23, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| The modern corporation, according to law professor Joel Bakan, is
"singularly self-interested and unable to feel genuine concern for
others in any context." (p. 56) From this Bakan concludes that the
corporation... read full review |
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| 5. | If you really care, you'll not miss this book |
| (Milwaukee, WI USA) July 3, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| The author accurately describes the corporation as a pooling of money by
shareholders into a legal, protected entity run by managers and directors,
hopefully to the benefit of the investors but too often with... read full review |
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| 6. | The Corporation |
| (Barrington IL USA) July 14, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| A fasinating analysis of corporate America and it's utter disregard about
anything other than it's survival.
Mr Bakan's book is loaded
with factual data that may be hard to remember, but the corporate
shenanigans and their... read full review |
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| 7. | The Corporation is a Sociopath |
| (Waco, Texas) October 6, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| As a small business owner, I am attuned to the impositions of
governmental intrusions. I decided to read this book in order to get a
more balanced view. Although this author definitely has a bias, he does
not come across... read full review |
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| 8. | Civilizing Capitalism? Taming Corporate Weasels? Good Luck! |
| (Los Angeles, Ca.) April 27, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| "The Corporation" is one of my dream books come true. It is a well
researched bare knuckles expose of the structure and structural defects of
the for-profit corporate entity. Prof. Bakan has expertly exposed why
corporations... read full review |
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| 9. | The Omnipotent Corporation |
| (Toronto, Ontario) May 5, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| The Corporation - The Pathological Pursuit of Power and Profit, has public
relation firms scrambling to re-engineer their "good will" strategies.
Joel Balkin takes you on a timeline tour of the corporation from
its humble... read full review |
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| 10. | How Do Humans Kill Psychotic Corporations Maximizing Profit? |
| (San Francisco, CA) February 14, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| 1.Corporations Rise to Dominance
a)1865-1885 Railroads cause
corporations to become huge.
b)1886 Clerk (ex railroad president)
misinterpreted US Supreme case of Santa Clara County v (Stanford's)
Southern Pacific Railway... read full review |
