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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan

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(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 it before, although I'd seen the Gen. Smedley Butler quote on foreign interventions of the Marines at least twice before.

And, the characterization of corporations as legal psychopaths was great.

If were to add anything, it would be a brief discussion of finance theory and its implications with respect to corporate behavior.

For example, if a corporation performed an action which had a 1% chance of destroying the Earth in 100 years, in order to increase profits by 10% now, and it was legal, it would be right thing to do from a financial standpoint.

I do not share his optimism about the potential for change, at least in the near term.

So long as the campaign finance system is reformed, significant change is impossible. What is needed is for the US Supreme Court to realize the obvious: in politics, the paid speech by non-citizens (corporations)abridges the free speech rights of citizens by drowning it out. Unfortunately, it is unclear if their is enough integrity on the existing Court to take appropriate action even if this viewpoint was circulated among them.

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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan

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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
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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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
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*Starred Review* Bakan, an internationally recognized legal scholar and professor of law at the University of British Columbia, takes a powerful stab at the most influential institution of our time, the corporation. As... read full editorial
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Ray C. Anderson chairman and CEO of Interface, Inc. Since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring began to expose the abuses of the modern industrial system, there has been a growing awareness that profit at the expense of Earth --... read full editorial
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As incisive as Eric Schlosser's bestselling Fast Food Nation, as rigorous as Joseph E. Stiglitz's Globalization and Its Discontents, and as scathing as Michael Moore's Stupid White Men, Joel Bakan's new book is... read full editorial




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