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Book Editorial:2
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 8647
Review 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 -- of individuals, society, and the environment -- is unsustainable.
Joel Bakan has performed a valuable service to corporations everywhere by
holding up a mirror for them to see their destructive selves as others see
them.
The clarion call for change is here for all who would
listen.--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
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![]() | | 1. | From Booklist | | *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 |
![]() | | Current Editorial | | 2. | Review | | 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 |
![]() | | 3. | Book Description | | 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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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
![]() | | | 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 |
![]() | | | 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 |
![]() | | | 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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